Research On Promoting China-asean E-commerce Through Trade Facilitation

With the wide-spread application and development of global e-commerce,the cross-border e-commerce in China-ASEAN Free Trade Area(CAFTA)has been developed rapidly in recent 10 years,and become an emerging and important trading form between China and ASEAN.Trade facilitation level is an important indicator system of business environment to promote international economic and trade cooperation including cross-border e-commerce.However,within the CAFTA,the trade facilitation level and development of cross-border e-commerce among the members are extremely uneven,with some leading members in the world and some less developed members.To promote the development of cross-border e-commerce and trade cooperation through the improvement of trade facilitation is an area that all countries within the region attach great importance to and pay close attention to.By using methods like literature research,case studies,and enterprises questionnaire,with data from international organizations,countries'official departments,questionnaire,and the public as the foundation,using the analytic hierarchy process(ahp),and through qualitative and quantitative analysis,this research evaluates the current situation of the development of cross-border e-commerce and trade facilitation levels between China and ASEAN,and puts forward advices and suggestions for further development.This paper is divided into six parts:1.Introduction of the background,purpose,content and methods of this research.2.Briefly introduction of the basic theories and the up-to-date research status and achievements in the research field in China and abroad.3.Analyzing the cooperation between China and ASEAN governments in cross-border e-commerce and the development of cross-border e-commerce within the region,as well as the main problems and development barriers.4.Analyzing the evaluating trade facilitation levels of China and ASEAN countries,and conducting in-depth analysis on the impact of the major five aspects of trade facilitation on cross-border e-commerce.5.Analyzing the promotion effect of trade facilitation with single-window construction as the core on cross-border e-commerce.6.Putting forward advices and suggestions based on the trade facilitation levels and problems existing in cross-border e-commerce in countries within the region.