On May 6, the state council approved 46 cities and regions to set up comprehensive pilot zones for cross-border e-commerce, with nanyang becoming the only city in henan province to be approved. So far, there are three comprehensive test zones of cross-border e-commerce in henan, namely zhengzhou, luoyang and nanyang.

Why nanyang city can be approved cross-border e-commerce comprehensive test zone?

Relevant personage analysis thinks, above all, this and national policy are inseparable. The CPC central committee and the state council attach great importance to the development of new forms of cross-border e-commerce and foreign trade. At the executive meeting of the state council, premier li keqiang also called for a number of pilot cities to be added to the existing comprehensive pilot zones for cross-border e-commerce.

Second, this is where henan's demand lies. Henan is the gateway fulcrum of the national "One Belt And One Road" important strategy, an important comprehensive transportation hub and trade and logistics center, with a huge population size and market potential. Henan has incorporated the development of cross-border e-commerce into the overall layout of the province's opening up to the outside world and promoted it. Cross-border e-commerce has become a new driving force for the province to expand high-level opening up, promote high-quality development and provide high-efficiency service "One Belt And One Road".

In addition, it is the result of nanyang city's proper promotion measures and solid foundation of cross-border e-commerce. In 2018, the turnover of cross-border e-commerce in nanyang was 6.09 billion yuan, up 29.6% year on year. In 2019, the turnover of cross-border e-commerce in nanyang was 7.72 billion yuan, ranking the third in the whole province. The nanyang wolong comprehensive bonded area was closed for operation at the end of 2016, and a modern comprehensive transportation system has been formed. Nanyang customs, commodity inspection agencies are complete, comprehensive service areas, bonded logistics areas and other infrastructure construction is fast advancing; There are 32,000 online businesses in the city, among which the number of cross-border e-commerce is more than 3,000, with strong growth in the development of cross-border e-commerce.

Ma jian, director of henan provincial department of commerce, said that as a large central province, henan is a strategic fulcrum for the coordinated development of different regions and a modern comprehensive transportation hub serving the construction of "One Belt And One Road". The establishment of new comprehensive test zones for cross-border e-commerce is a need to form a pattern of interconnected, competitive and high-quality development of cross-border e-commerce in different regions. It is also a need to further open up to the outside world and build a new plateau for inland opening-up. It is also a concrete measure to serve and integrate into the coordinated development strategy of national regions.

"To promote high-level opening-up in the new era, we face a more complex situation, more arduous tasks and greater responsibilities." Gao xiang, deputy director of the department of commerce of henan province, told the reporter that the newly established nanyang cross-border e-commerce comprehensive test zone will rely on the national strategic platform to gradually break the inland limitations, which will help henan to cultivate new business models and new models of foreign trade, promote entrepreneurship and employment, and comprehensively improve the level of opening up to the outside world.

On May 10, 2014, general secretary xi jinping encouraged henan's cross-border e-commerce enterprises to move toward the goal of "buying the world and selling the world" during his inspection tour in henan. In the past six years, zhengzhou, luoyang and nanyang comprehensive test zones for cross-border e-commerce have been approved one after another. Henan province has entered into a new pattern of interconnected development with the "three driving vehicles" of cross-border e-commerce leading the way.

Since the approval of China (zhengzhou) cross-border e-commerce comprehensive test zone at the beginning of 2016, the annual turnover of cross-border e-commerce has increased by more than 30%. It pioneered the "1210 online shopping import mode" and has been replicated and promoted nationwide. We have made innovations in the offline self-pick-up mode of cross-border e-commerce, and launched the first china-europe freight train (zhengzhou) for cross-border e-commerce, which has helped traditional enterprises such as yutong heavy industry co., ltd. and rongsheng nai to carry out cross-border e-commerce business. After the comprehensive pilot zone for cross-border e-commerce in China (luoyang) was approved at the end of 2019, a leading group for relevant construction work has been set up, and the implementation plan for the comprehensive pilot zone for cross-border e-commerce in China (luoyang) has been formulated, which is being submitted to the government for approval.

On the whole, in 2017, the cross-border e-commerce transactions in henan province reached 102.47 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 33.3%. In 2018, the volume of cross-border e-commerce transactions reached 128.92 billion yuan, up 25.8% year-on-year. In 2019, the volume of cross-border e-commerce transactions reached 158.13 billion yuan, up 22.7 percent year-on-year. In terms of scale and application level, as well as the construction level of the comprehensive test zone for cross-border e-commerce, it has ranked first in the central and western regions, effectively promoted the transformation and upgrading of the province's foreign trade, optimized the industrial structure, and met the new needs and consumption of the masses.

Sun qi, director of the e-commerce department of henan provincial department of commerce, believes that while the cross-border e-commerce in zhengzhou, luoyang and nanyang is developing rapidly, other cities in the province are competing to develop cross-border e-commerce as radiation areas, and a new pattern of multi-city coordination, equal emphasis on import and export, and integration of online and offline development has been initially formed.

The year 2020 will be a decisive year in the battle against poverty. It will also be the final year for completing the building of a moderately prosperous society in all respects and the 13th five-year plan. The comprehensive pilot zone for cross-border e-commerce in henan will develop in tandem with national strategic platforms such as the pilot free trade zone and the independent innovation demonstration zone, giving full play to the multiplier effect, promoting the high-quality development of the province's economy and helping the central plains to be more splendid.