- Traditional Business Networks Link Closely with E-Commerce for the First Time
SHENZHEN, China, Sept. 18 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- On September 20, ECVV.COM, the first international trading website which charges according to results, will help the Shenzhen Council for Promotion of International Trade introduce the project "Shenzhen International Buying Network" to the world for the first time. According to the Shenzhen Council for Promotion of International Trade, this network not only comprises Shenzhen and large neighboring professional markets, but will also duplicate its concept and trading venue to the Internet in cooperation with ECVV (http://www.ecvv.com) to construct a tremendous international procurement platform.
Today, international procurement has become a main channel for the export of Chinese products and all regions across the country compete fiercely at building an international procurement base. Shenzhen has numerous mature and professional markets and is a major export base of Chinese products, ranking highly in the manufacture of many products. Additionally, the Shenzhen Council for Promotion of International Trade and the Shenzhen World Trade Center have large overseas trading resources and keep good and close cooperative relationships with trading organizations in more than 300 municipalities around the world. To capitalize on its advantages, the Shenzhen Council for Promotion of International Trade has tried to build the "Network for International Procurement" along its urban artery beginning 2007 by organizing large professional markets and industrial parks along the artery and its immediate surroundings as participating members and making it a "one-stop" international procurement and trading platform incorporating traditional trade, e-trade, exhibition and show, trade promotion and information exchange, complete with accurate matching services. They join hands with ECVV to provide information on good product suppliers for professional buyers and also offer suppliers all-round international marketing services.
As a major promoter of import and export business in the Greater China Region, ECVV can provide companies in all industries and trades with integrated services ranging from online marketing to corporate information portals. Its huge user group and comprehensive and integrated services will enable the "Network for International Procurement" to have a sustained global influence. By June 2007, buyers and sellers registered with ECVV have numbered over 1 million and the number of their product catalogues has exceeded 2 million. There are 50,000 pieces of trade information available on ECVV and its browsing quantity reaches 1 million every day. Its members are from 220 countries and regions and it has 550,000 professional buyers, among them sending more than 15,000 trade inquires every day.
The Shenzhen Council for Promotion of International Trade believes it can consolidate the existing professional market resources, form effective advantage complements and resources sharing, upgrade its service quality and brand recognition, forge an associated trade value link and turn from a single force into a comprehensive competitive force with the online cooperation of ECVV and participating cooperation of professional markets and industrial parks. It is confident of forming a unified city image and brand on the basis of Shenzhen's existing geographic, industrial, service and trade advantages, define the orientation of Shenzhen and build a brand-new name for the city in the long run.
