Industrial e-commerce is the deepening application of e-commerce in the whole process of industrial circulation, production and service, an important engine for digitalization, networking and intelligence of manufacturing, an important starting point for the transformation and upgrading of manufacturing, and an important way for the transformation of new and old drivers of manufacturing. Recently, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology officially issued the Three Year Action Plan for the Development of Industrial E-Commerce (hereinafter referred to as the Action Plan), which deployed the development of industrial e-commerce in the next three years, accelerated the innovation of industrial enterprise trading methods, business models, organizational forms and management systems, constantly stimulated the innovation vitality, development potential and transformation power of manufacturing enterprises, and promoted the construction of a manufacturing power and a network power.

1、 Background

Industrial e-commerce is a new type of economic activity in the industrial field focusing on online transactions of information, products, services, resources and capabilities, which runs through the whole life cycle of products such as R&D, design, procurement, production, sales, services and recycling. Vigorously developing industrial e-commerce is conducive to promoting the online, networking and collaboration of industrial enterprises' transaction methods and business models, promoting information interaction and integrated collaboration oriented to the whole process of production and manufacturing, the whole industry chain and the whole life cycle of products, realizing new production models such as personalized customization, networked collaboration and service-oriented manufacturing, and building an open, flat Platform based organization management mode. Vigorously developing industrial e-commerce is an important way to deepen the supply side structural reform, and it is of great significance to transform the economic development mode, lead the transformation of new and old development drivers and production systems, and promote the manufacturing industry from big to strong.

In 2017, the e-commerce penetration rate of key key industrial enterprises in China exceeded 55%, and a number of well-known e-commerce platforms of 10 billion and 100 billion levels were emerging in key industrial industries such as bulk raw materials, equipment, electronic information, consumer goods, etc., which achieved positive results in promoting the transformation of traditional industrial production, management and marketing models. In the face of a major strategic opportunity period of a new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation, the Action Plan is hereby prepared to comprehensively promote the in-depth development of industrial e-commerce, give full play to the important role of industrial e-commerce in driving the reform of the whole process, leading the innovation of resource allocation mode, industrial organization form and regional development mode, and cultivating new economic momentum.

2、 General considerations

The preparation of the Action Plan takes the development needs of China's manufacturing industry transformation and upgrading in the new period and the key problems faced by the innovative development of industrial e-commerce as the starting point and foothold, fully considers the current basic level and future development situation, puts forward the guiding ideology, development goals, main actions and safeguard measures for the development of industrial e-commerce in the next three years, and clarifies the development path of industrial e-commerce in the next three years. Specifically, the main ideas for the preparation of the Action Plan are as follows:

First, adhere to the problem orientation. Through exploration and practice in recent years, industrial e-commerce is becoming more and more popular, and has made positive progress in stimulating market vitality, improving enterprise competitiveness, and accelerating the restructuring of the industrial chain. However, in general, the application scope and depth, platform service level, supporting service system and development environment need to be further strengthened. On the basis of in-depth analysis of existing problems and causes, the Action Plan proposes the main actions and safeguard measures for the next step.

The second is to highlight transformation. Focusing on online transactions and open sharing of products, services, resources and capabilities, the Action Plan emphasizes the integration of online and offline development, vigorously cultivates new products, new models and new business formats based on industrial e-commerce, promotes entrepreneurship and innovation, actively promotes the transformation of the trading methods, business models, organizational forms and management systems of industrial enterprises, and accelerates the improvement of the efficient, convenient, flexible, intelligent, open and collaborative level of the industrial supply chain, Effectively promote the intensification, networking and branding of regional industrial clusters.

The third is to emphasize key breakthroughs. Taking deepening the popularization and application of industrial e-commerce as the main line, promoting the online, networking and collaboration of industrial enterprises' trading methods and business models as the breakthrough, and focusing on the development of industrial e-commerce platforms with outstanding advantages, complete functions and open capabilities, the Action Plan deeply grasps the diffusion laws and integration methods of e-commerce in different industries, subjects and links, and clarifies the promotion mechanism of industrial e-commerce classification, Accelerate the in-depth development of industrial e-commerce.

Fourth, attach importance to ecological cultivation. The Action Plan, from the overall perspective, promotes the collaborative innovation and interactive development of large enterprises, small and medium-sized enterprises, platform enterprises, logistics enterprises, financial institutions and other market entities, constantly improves the logistics, network, security, credit and other industrial e-commerce support service systems, improves the systematic promotion mechanism and systematic guidance policies, and creates a healthy, honest, orderly and safe industrial e-commerce development environment, Promote the formation of a new industrial ecology featuring complementary advantages, win-win cooperation and coordinated development.