Shanghai netizens topped the national average online consumption

Sha Hailin, Deputy Secretary-General of the Shanghai Municipal Government, Municipal Commission of Commerce, said at the seminar, Shanghai netizens online shopping usage rate, the average spending of online shopping are among the first in the country, close to developed countries.
According to Sha Hailin, Shanghai E-commerce (electronic business channels) transactions increased from 208 billion yuan in 2006 to 325 billion yuan last year, an yearly increase of up to 15.9%, increased by 1.5 times. By the end of last year, the number of netizens in Shanghai reached 11.71 million, the online shopping amount accounted for 5.02% of the city’s social consumer goods sales.

Gu Jiahe, secretary-General of Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce, said Shanghai gathered a large number of successful online shopping businesses, such as Chinese and foreign E-Commerces including Bai Lian e-commerce, Bian Li Tong e-commerce, Yi Bei China, Netease and third party payment business such as Hui Fu Tian Xia, Kuai Qian, and Huan Xun etc. and Chinese top class logistics companies such as Shen Tong Express, Yuan Tong Express, Zhong Cheng Express and Zhong Tong Express. “These companies are the important support and potential for Shanghai online shopping development.?

At present, Shanghai is speeding up transformation of economic growth, accelerating building of international economic, financial, trade and shipping center. Sha Hailin, said: “to develop e-commerce is important to the Shanghai Construction ‘four centers’ in particular the International Trade Center. Shanghai will continue to increase promotion of e-commerce applications and innovative models, from height of the World Trade Center to promote e-business development. “

According to the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences published “Business Blue Book” , in 2010 annual online shopping sales will increase to 500 billion yuan close to 3% of year’s total retail sales, while in the retail industry, Internet retailers have maintained much higher steady growth than that of the physical retailers.

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