Creating a Sustainable Policy Framework for Cross-Border E-Commerce in China

Weihua Su, Yuying Wang, Lan Qian, Shouzhen Zeng, Tomas Baležentis and Dalia Streimikiene
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Weihua Su: College of Statistics and Mathematics, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou 310018, China
Yuying Wang: College of Statistics and Mathematics, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou 310018, China
Lan Qian: College of Statistics and Mathematics, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou 310018, China
Shouzhen Zeng: School of Business, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China
Dalia Streimikiene: Lithuanian Institute of Agrarian Economics, 03105 Vilnius, Lithuania

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 11, issue 4, 1-15

Abstract: This paper aims to adapt the social network analysis method to explore the characteristics of 59 cross-border e-commerce policies promulgated by the Chinese government from January 2013 to July 2018. On this basis, the paper quantitatively analyzes the internal structure and dynamic layout characteristics of sustainable cross-border e-commerce policy documents focusing on three dimensions: policy service contents, policy regulatory targets, and policy measures. The results suggest that policies involving service contents lack long-term strategic planning, especially those related to taxation and warehousing. In addition, policies regarding service system construction and demonstration construction follow an upward trend, whereas policies related to international cooperation and risk monitoring are less prevalent. Finally, it is suggested that the government pays attention to the supervision of payments, transactions, and goods in the early stage of development, but began conducting comprehensive supervision over all aspects of the cross-border e-commerce supply chain in 2015. Thus, there has been a relatively mature regulatory system established in China with particular attention to the aspects of quality and safety.

Keywords: cross-border e-commerce policy; social network analysis; policy service contents; policy regulatory targets; and policy measures; dynamic layout (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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