Abstract

Vigorous development of e-business in the world has produced profound influences upon foreign trade. While China’s e-business has started late, its application in foreign trade has certain distance from that in developed countries. If China intends to be a strong country in the aspect of trade in the 21st century, e-business must be greatly developed in the field of foreign trade. In this paper, the author anatomizes the application status quo of e-business in Chinese foreign trade and some existing problems through analyzing the effects of e-business on the international trade, that is, safety and conceptual issues for e-business, construction issue for information infrastructure, and legal system establishment issue. Finally, the author puts forward solutions and suggestions for promoting the application of e-business in Chinese foreign trade, such as changing concept and realizing importance of e-business, strengthening of network safety management, establishing and perfecting Chinese legal regulations for e-business, and continual strengthening of information infrastructure construction, etc..

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