September 16, in 2023 China - ASEAN Silk Road E-commerce Forum site, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Department of Commerce and Alibaba International Digital Business Group (Ali International) signed a "jointly promote the development of cross-border e-commerce in Guangxi strategic cooperation agreement". In the future, the two sides will be through the digital foreign trade, cross-border e-commerce and other new business, and jointly promote the "Guangxi products to the sea" to achieve leapfrog development and enhance international competitiveness.

The reporter learned that the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Ali International will jointly launch a "1,000 enterprises to the sea" plan to vigorously expand the number and quality of local enterprises digitized to go to sea, with the help of Ali International's new model, new technology, to accelerate the digital transformation of local foreign trade SMEs. Relying on the geographical advantage of neighboring ASEAN, the local community will further explore the foreign trade potential of local industrial zones and small and medium-sized enterprises with the help of Ali International.

At the same time, Ali International's Southeast Asian local e-commerce platform, Lazada, will also provide one-stop overseas Southeast Asian services such as "merchant self-operation + supply operation" for enterprises in the industrial zone of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Ali International's eWTP (World e-Trade Platform) will also provide public service technology resources and innovative experience to build and upgrade the digitalized comprehensive service system for ASEAN trade, and jointly promote the Guangxi-ASEAN "Digital Overseas Warehouse" service platform, cross-border e-commerce, and the "First Inspection, Then Loading" service platform for the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The two sides will provide public service technology resources and innovative experience to build and upgrade the digitalized comprehensive service system for ASEAN trade, and jointly promote the exploration and landing of the "Digital Overseas Warehouse" service platform of Guangxi-ASEAN of China, the "Inspection Before Shipment" consolidation logistics system of cross-border e-commerce, the "Collection, Transportation, and Reporting" one-stop service platform for border trade, etc.

In addition, the two sides will also strengthen the cultivation of digital trade ecology in Guangxi. Each platform under the banner of Ali International will hold ten thematic activities in Guangxi throughout the year, such as Guangxi cross-border e-commerce enterprises docking meeting, and at the same time, carry out a thousand cross-border trade talents practical training courses to help the local cultivation of more foreign trade talents, and support the comprehensive promotion of local digital foreign trade.

In recent years, the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, based on location advantages and seizing policy opportunities, has improved cross-border e-commerce public services, introduced cross-border e-commerce platforms and leading enterprises, strengthened the foundation of cross-border e-commerce development, and promoted a substantial growth in cross-border e-commerce imports and exports.2022 cross-border e-commerce imports and exports across the region amounted to 17.96 billion yuan, an increase of 89.8 percent year-on-year.

Nanning cross-border e-commerce pilot zone construction accelerated, Nanning Airport cross-border e-commerce supervision center to achieve normal operation, Nanning International Railway Port Customs Supervision and Operation Yard formally closed and operated, Shopee (Shrimp) ASEAN cross-border e-commerce logistics center project put into use, cultivate a number of cross-border e-commerce enterprises such as Baibao Hui, cross-border purchase, Gui Trade World, etc., and relying on the Lazada cross-border eco-innovation service center to launch the "Gui products to the sea" cross-border industry chain service program ......

According to statistics, Nanning cross-border e-commerce pilot zone for three consecutive years, the import and export volume year-on-year growth of 198%, 259%, 77.4%, higher than the national growth rate of 166, 244, 67 percentage points.2023 first half of the year, Nanning comprehensive pilot zone to achieve cross-border e-commerce import and export volume of 6.758 billion, accounting for more than 80% of the proportion of the autonomous region.

        At the same time, Chongzuo cross-border e-commerce pilot zone is also taking advantage of the momentum. Cross-border e-commerce live base, China - ASEAN live e-commerce talent incubation live base, cross-border e-commerce business incubation base, etc. have been put into use, built in guangxi cross-border e-commerce business type the most complete area, the first half of this year to realize the cross-border e-commerce export of goods cumulative total weight of 7857.9 tons, the total value of goods up to 1040000000 yuan. 2022 liuzhou, hezhou approved the establishment of the Cross-border e-commerce comprehensive test area, Guangxi added two more national pilot areas. Not long ago, the General Administration of Customs released "China's annual report on cross-border e-commerce trade", pointed out that cross-border e-commerce service innovation, industry innovation, model innovation linkage, "buy global, sell global" two-way communication to promote the accelerated growth of new momentum in foreign trade. Guangxi pay close attention to the stabilization of foreign trade policies into effect, and take measures to promote cross-border e-commerce business development mode of innovation and reform, for cross-border e-commerce high-quality development to inject new vitality.

        Up to now, Guangxi has realized 1210 (bonded import), 9610 (retail export), 9710 (B2B direct export), 9810 (B2B overseas warehouse export) and other cross-border e-commerce platforms throughout the region, such as cross-border e-commerce, full business coverage, full mode operation. Meanwhile, accelerate the development of cross-border e-commerce B2B mode. Promote the implementation of business priority inspection, priority customs clearance and other aspects of more than 20 reform measures to achieve B2B business throughout the paperless customs clearance, reduce the operating costs of customs clearance, promote traditional foreign trade enterprises to carry out cross-border e-commerce upgrading.

In addition, Guangxi has also set up 20 cross-border e-commerce overseas warehouses in Vietnam, Thailand, Japan, the United States and other countries, with a total area of more than 200,000 square meters, the introduction of Lazada (to Zanda), Shopee (Shrimp) and other two Southeast Asian head of the e-commerce platform to set up logistics centers in Nanning warehouse, accelerating the creation of cross-border e-commerce supply chain system for ASEAN.

In fact, in recent years, in the digital foreign trade platform "Alibaba International Station", Guangxi has a number of digital foreign trade industrial zone shine: such as Liuzhou passenger car parts, Wuzhou artificial gemstones, Guilin's coat hangers, Yulin's garments, Guigang's sheet metal and so on. With Alibaba International Station full link foreign trade AI products to further reduce the threshold of foreign trade, more Guangxi enterprises will be able to more conveniently participate in global trade in a digital way in the future, and further open up overseas markets like Southeast Asia and other places.

Data show that from January to August this year, the number of new merchants in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region stationed on Alibaba International Station increased by 32% year-on-year. In addition to the increase in quantity, the joining of digital foreign trade has also brought new opportunities for local enterprises in Guangxi. Taking Guangxi Dongfeng Liuzhou Automobile as an example, the company joined the digital foreign trade platform Alibaba International Station last year, and has now newly explored more than 30 new country markets. At the same time, Alibaba International Station also emerged in the mountain villages of Guangxi to do digital foreign trade will be Huanglian, leading the villagers to the non-heritage handicraft rattan products are exported to more than 60 countries and regions around the world.