APEC SME Summit Is Expected To Be Held In Hangzhou Next Year.

Zhejiang, China, November 20, the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Business Advisory Council is held in Lima, Peru, and the next session is likely to be held in Hangzhou.

Yesterday, Song Jie, director of Alibaba marketing activities, said that the Hangzhou municipal government will jointly apply with Alibaba to host the APEC SME summit, the highest specification of SME summit.

"If there is no accident, next year there will be a think tank of the heads of government of the APEC government, a representative of entrepreneurs from the APEC Business Advisory Council from 21 economies in the Asia Pacific region, as well as a number of internationally renowned economists gathered in Hangzhou to explore the development of SMEs under the global financial crisis."

Song Jie said.

According to the plan, "the role of e-commerce in SMEs under the background of financial crisis" will become one of the research topics of APEC SME summit.

Under the influence of the financial crisis, a large number of export enterprises in Zhejiang are facing difficulties, and the pformation of domestic sales has become one of the solutions.

According to the Alibaba financial report, as of September 30, 2008, the number of members in the international trading market increased by 1070 compared with the previous quarter, while the number of paid members in the domestic market increased by nearly 30000 compared with the previous quarter.

Shaoxing County Jinyi home textile has been engaged in foreign trade business, but in the financial crisis, export business has been significantly affected. Since September this year, the company has registered online stores on Taobao, and now it can sell dozens of products every month. Lan Xiaofang, deputy general manager of Jinyi home textile, said: "after perfecting the company's website and accumulating credit, the market prospect of online sales is very large."

Li Guofu, general manager of Hangzhou hi tech import and Export Co., Ltd., said that in developing the domestic market, the company will also focus on e-commerce.

Song Jie said, compared with traditional sales channels, e-commerce has little demand for capital and labor input in the initial stage of pformation of foreign trade enterprises. Now many entrepreneurs have misunderstandings when they use e-commerce. For example, they do not know the computer, do not know the products, and the technicians and salesmen are out of touch. In the face of time difference countries, they do not arrange staff online duty at night, but regard membership as a platform for product display.

She said he would invite a large number of successful "grassroots" network operators to explain how to make better use of e-commerce in Zhejiang's small and medium-sized entrepreneurs.