E-commerce Law of the People's Republic of China Article 9 E-commerce operators mentioned in this Law refer to natural persons, legal persons and unincorporated organizations engaged in business activities of selling goods or providing services through information networks such as the Internet, including e-commerce platform operators, in-platform operators and e-commerce operators selling goods or providing services through self-built websites and other network services. E-commerce platform operators mentioned in this Law refer to legal persons or unincorporated organizations that provide online business premises, transaction matching, information release and other services for two or more parties to independently conduct transactions in e-commerce. The term "in-platform operators" as mentioned in this Law refers to e-commerce operators who sell goods or provide services through e-commerce platforms.