Prachia Mahachai Long runs a small beverage company in Thailand, which mainly sells fruit juice and energy drinks. It is hard to imagine that the products of this small home-based company have been exported to the Middle East, and all this is due to China's e-commerce platform Alibaba.
Mahachai Long said that in the past, the company only targeted the local market in Thailand. After joining Alibaba, the number of orders has more than doubled, and even foreign guests have come to his company to taste samples. He said happily, "E-commerce is so convenient."
Small and medium-sized enterprises are the main driving force of Thailand's economic growth, but the number of enterprises that realize export is very limited. Last June, 5438+065438+ 10, Thailand Kaitai Bank announced its cooperation with Alibaba to help Thai SMEs introduce their products into the e-commerce market and increase product exposure and export opportunities. More and more Thai SMEs take the express train of China e-commerce and sell their products all over the world. Wu Wantong, chairman of Kaitai Bank, said that the cooperation with China e-commerce can help more Thai SMEs to sell their products to potential buyers in more than 200 countries and regions around the world, and open up a broad market space at limited cost. It is estimated that the project will attract more than 500,000 Thai SMEs to join.
In China, the online shopping market provides huge business opportunities for retailers. Liu Ligang, chief economist of ANZ Greater China, said that in 20 13 years, the total amount of online shopping in China surpassed that of the United States and became the largest online shopping market in the world. China cross-border electronic commerce maintained rapid growth. By the first half of 20 14, there were more than 5,000 platforms in cross-border electronic commerce and 200,000 enterprises in cross-border electronic commerce. "China cross-border electronic commerce has great growth potential and will usher in a period of rapid development, becoming an important growth point of China's foreign trade." Liu Ligang said.
Li Shanquan, senior fund manager of Oppenheimer Fund Company in the United States, believes that China today has the soil for innovation. China government's initiatives to encourage innovation in various fields have achieved positive results. Development zones and incubators around the country provide a good external environment for innovation. China attaches great importance to the cultivation and introduction of talents. In the past few decades, China mainly studied, digested and absorbed foreign advanced technology in the field of science and technology, and there were not many innovations with independent intellectual property rights. But after years of accumulation, we have now reserved all kinds of talents and technologies. In terms of investment guarantee, with the continuous improvement of domestic economic strength, both the government, enterprises and individuals have certain financial resources, and increasing investment in innovation and entrepreneurship has become the consensus of all parties. Venture capital funds active in various fields also help enterprises to innovate.
"Making innovation a new engine to drive development is not only the need for China's economy to enter a new normal, but also the requirement for seizing the commanding heights and striving for innovative advantages in the new round of international competition." Li Shanquan told reporters.
Darrell West, the founding director of the Science and Technology Innovation Center of the Brookings Institution, an American think tank, said in an interview that although the mobile Internet originated in the United States, in recent years, the development of cmnet has entered an important transition period and gradually stood at the forefront of mobile Internet innovation in the world.
Joseph, Chairman of Silicon Valley of American Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and Director of Strategic Development of Qihoo 360 Technology Co., Ltd., said that under the background of the new normal of economic development, it is wise for the China government to vigorously encourage innovation and create a "double engine" of economic growth. According to the experience of many developed countries, relying on the growth mode of general public goods and services will often only bring temporary economic development. Only when national policies strongly encourage innovation and private industries actively engage in innovation can we ensure the sustainable development of the economy.
With the in-depth development of innovation in China, its scientific and technological innovation ability is gradually recognized by the world. At the 20 14 annual meeting of science and technology innovation challenge held in Seattle, Washington, USA at the end of last year, Trevor Mundell, president of global health program of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, described China's great progress in the field of science and technology innovation in recent years as "amazing". Mundell believes that China has a good atmosphere and conditions for scientific and technological innovation, and researchers have been engaged in many cutting-edge research. He took the rapid molecular diagnostic technology research and development project of Hangzhou Yousida Biotechnology Co., Ltd. as an example: "Relying on the advantages in research and development fields such as new vaccines and diagnostic methods, this company can produce more products with good quality and low price."