The impact of Chinese cross-border e-commerce development level on export trade

Abstract

With the rise of trade protectionism, the growth rate of China's export trade has slowed down, but cross-border e-commerce exports have emerged as a "new engine" for China's foreign trade growth. The country has also begun to pay more attention to the development of cross-border e-commerce, introducing a series of policies and establishing many comprehensive cross-border e-commerce pilot zones. Against this background, Studying the impact of the development level of cross-border e-commerce on export trade can provide a basis for formulating policies related to cross-border e-commerce, promote the development of cross-border e-commerce in various regions, and drive China's export growth, thereby empowering China's foreign trade industry transformation and upgrading. This article selects the number of online shopping users in each city as a proxy variable for the development level of cross-border e-commerce. Through regression analysis, it can be concluded that the development level of cross-border e-commerce can significantly positively affect export trade, and the heterogeneity analysis results show that there are regional differences in the impact of cross-border e-commerce development level on export trade. Finally, policy recommendations were provided based on the research findings.