Pingtan eyes expanded role across Straits

Pingtan, Fujian province is banking on its newly opened e-commerce channel to play a big role in cross-Straits e-commerce trade.

The city launched cross-border e-commerce services on Nov 5, making it the sixth city on the Chinese mainland to pilot cross-border e-commerce services. On Jan 2, the General Administration of Customs gave Pingtan the green light for the pilot program. Prior to Pingtan, Shanghai, Chongqing, Hangzhou, Ningbo and Zhengzhou had already started pilot programs in cross-border e-commerce.

Lin Xinlu, deputy director of the Pingtan Cross-border E-commerce Office, said Pingtan is different from the other pilot cities, given its proximity to Taiwan.