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New trends in international trade! This year's government work report proposes to vigorously develop the digital economy. With the rapid development of the digital economy, digital trade is becoming a strong engine to drive economic recovery. Digital trade in many places across the country: Beijing is building a global digital economy benchmark city, Shanghai is striving to create the first batch of "Silk Road e-commerce" cooperation pilot areas, and Zhejiang has set a clear goal of "ensuring the realization of 470 billion yuan of digital trade"... All signs show that digital trade has become a new trend in the development of digital economy.

The high-quality development of digital trade is aimed at building a powerful trading country and achieving a more efficient, balanced and sustainable development of digital trade. There are many factors affecting digital trade, mainly including digital network infrastructure construction, logistics environment, digital technology development level, digital and industrial integration and trade potential.

The construction level of digital network infrastructure is often closely related to the technical level of the region. The hardware and software of network infrastructure are the key factors affecting the development of digital trade, and its construction level is directly related to the depth and breadth of trade. By the end of August 2022, China has more than 70 million gigabit users and more than 2.1 million 5G base stations, and the digital infrastructure is at a high level.

At the same time, logistics is an important support for the development of digital trade. The logistics infrastructure environment affects the overall service of the digital trade supply chain, and then affects trade efficiency, trade cost and trade quality. At present, China EU trains reach 196 cities in about 24 countries in Europe, accelerating the construction of a three-dimensional, all-round and multi-level "the Belt and Road" transportation interconnection network, which has effectively served the domestic and international dual cycle.

New trends in international trade! The level of technological development is the key factor to measure the development of digital trade. It should be noted that China's digital trade is facing the "neck" problem in the underlying technology. There is a certain gap between the basic theory, core algorithm and key equipment of digital technology and developed countries. At present, the scale of China's digital economy has ranked second in the world, but the expansion of digital industrialization and industrial digitization is not enough, and the degree of internationalization of digital industry is low. According to the survey, the scale of overseas revenue accounts for less than 10% of the operating revenue of many large platform enterprises.

Trade potential is also the basis for the development of digital trade. Regional macroeconomic strength directly affects the overall trade level, and to some extent, the scale of digital trade. At present, China has effectively promoted the comprehensive and rapid economic recovery. Driven by multiple policy dividends, digital trade will become a new advantage for China to participate in international trade competition and cooperation in the future.

It can be seen that China's digital network infrastructure construction, logistics environment and trade potential are strong, while the development of digital technology and the integration of digital and industry need to be strengthened. In this regard, we should make concerted efforts to further consolidate the foundation of industrial development, develop a 5G popularization plan while carrying out 6G R&D, and achieve the coverage of 5G signals in most regions of China in the next three to five years; Accelerate the construction of data centers and form a multi-level system of national, regional, urban and enterprise data centers.

New trends in international trade! We should improve the level of digital technology and create a digital talent highland. The data shows that China's demand for digital trade talents has increased by 39% annually in the past five years. We should continue to optimize the talent ecosystem, strengthen the construction of talent entrepreneurship parks and international human resources industrial parks, and explore flexible employment systems and policies suitable for digital economy and digital trade.

We should also accelerate the integration of digital and industry, and promote digital transformation. The business center should be transformed into a business digital center, and the big data resources formed by trade convergence should be shaped into new international trade advantages. We should also foster a new pattern of complementary and open regional advantages and create new momentum for digital trade. Jointly build and share public supporting facilities, and promote the construction of new regional models, new formats, new scenarios and new systems. We will establish a mechanism for sharing development achievements, strengthen the linkage and innovation among enterprises, form a regional digital trade system, and promote the high-quality development of digital trade.