Cross-border electronic commerce, referred to as cross-border e-commerce, is also a kind of e-commerce. It refers to an international business activity in which transaction subjects belonging to different customs reach a transaction, make payment and settlement through e-commerce platform, and deliver goods and complete the transaction through cross-border logistics.

Cross-border electronic commerce is developed on the basis of network. Cyberspace is a new space relative to physical space. It is a virtual but objective world composed of websites and passwords. The unique value standards and behavior patterns in cyberspace have a profound influence on cross-border electronic commerce, which distinguishes it from the traditional trading methods and presents its own characteristics.

The main classification of cross-border electronic commerce:

1. From the direction of import and export, it is divided into: export to cross-border e-commerce and import to cross-border e-commerce.

2. From the transaction mode, it can be divided into B2B cross-border electronic commerce and B2C cross-border electronic commerce.

3.20 13 when e-commerce was proposed, cross-border electronic commerce was divided into cross-border electronic commerce and E-trade cross-border electronic commerce.