Cross-border electronic commerce has experienced more than 20 years of development in China, which can be divided into four stages according to the transaction scale and industry characteristics.

I. Germination period (1999 to 2003)

The development of cross-border e-commerce in China started earlier, and the cross-border e-commerce of 1999 is still in the experimental stage. The development mode of cross-border e-commerce platform is mainly web advertising, and transactions are still mainly concentrated offline. It is the largest domestic foreign trade information web platform established by Alibaba 1999. In the embryonic stage, the development model of cross-border e-commerce is SME advertising, which diverts consumers to offline transactions, and the core link is still concentrated offline. The influential companies at this stage include Global Information and Alibaba. Since then, with the development of national e-government, e-commerce and Internet technology, cross-border electronic commerce has been widely used.

Growth period (20/200412)

From 2004 to 20 12, it was the growth period of cross-border e-commerce. In the growth period of cross-border e-commerce, the main transaction mode of cross-border e-commerce platform is B2B mode, and the representative event is the establishment of Dunhuang Network, which is the first platform in China to allow small and medium-sized enterprises to participate in international trade. At this stage, cross-border e-commerce began to develop towards platform standardization. Cross-border e-commerce is still in the growth stage, the business model is not perfect, the division of roles in the industrial chain is not clear enough, and the industry has yet to be precipitated. Therefore, how to build an international trade model suitable for China's cross-border e-commerce platform has become an important issue for cross-border e-commerce enterprises in the growth period.

Three. Development period (20 13 to 20 17)

20 13 cross-border e-commerce officially entered the public eye. During this period, domestic enterprises saw the stamina of cross-border e-commerce and entered the market one after another to seize the scale of cross-border e-commerce market. The industrial chain has gradually divided into various supporting roles, and the cross-border e-commerce ecology has been rapidly improved. At this stage, B-end enterprises are characterized by the rapid expansion of online and offline industrial chains, the initial formation of industrial ecology, and the continuous differentiation of value-added service providers in industrial chains. With the explosive growth of mobile users, suppliers have turned to online, and online shopping users have also seen a large-scale growth. B2B platforms have built product systems that adapt to mobile terminals. The online transaction volume of cross-border e-commerce occupies an absolute advantage in the entire e-commerce market. With the increase of online transactions, the development speed of cross-border electronic commerce is also accelerating.

Four. Maturity date (from 20 18 to present)

Since 20 18, cross-border e-commerce has gradually entered a period of multi-mode integration and development of cross-border e-commerce. In 20 18, the e-commerce law was formally passed, which provided legal supervision and guidance for cross-border e-commerce platforms, improved the supervision process and system, and promoted the development of industry norms. On the other hand, local governments are also accelerating the construction of cross-border e-commerce comprehensive test zones. In the process of its steady development, cross-border e-commerce industry generally believes that cross-border e-commerce has developed well on a global scale. Since 20 15, the 105 cross-border electronic commerce Comprehensive Experimental Zone has been built in five batches. Since 20 18, there have been 3 new comprehensive bonded zones and 92 comprehensive bonded zones. In the mature stage, cross-border e-commerce is developing well in the context of the new normal of China's economy.