First Global Cross-Border E-Commerce Conference Concludes with Beijing Declaration

Posted by Matt Schmitt on 2/19/18 5:00 PM

On February 10, 2018, the first global cross-border e-commerce conference, co-hosted by the World Customs Organization (WCO) and General Administration of China Customs (GACC), concluded in Beijing.

Over 2,000 high-level policy and decision makers, including over 100 Ministers and Vice-Ministers from 125 nations attended the conference.   The theme of the conference was based upon “An Innovative, Inclusive, Strategic and Collaborative Approach to Sustainable Cross-Border E-Commerce.”

At the end of the conference, the participants adopted the Beijing Declaration, which sets forth a vision of promoting “sound, secure, balanced and sustainable development of cross-border e-commerce.”

The WCO expects to hold the conference every two years in different regions.

 

The WCO press release can be found here:

http://www.wcoomd.org/en/media/newsroom/2018/february/first-global-crossborder-ecommerce-conference-concludes-with-the-beijing-declaration.aspx

Topics: WCO, e-commerce, GACC

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