Cross-border zones for e-commerce listed

Twenty-two cities selected as pilot areas to improve foreign trade

China has newly identified 22 cities as venues for comprehensive cross-border e-commerce pilot zones in an effort to promote opening-up and upgrade foreign trade, according to a decision made at a State Council executive meeting chaired by Premier Li Keqiang on Friday.

"Our firm commitment to opening-up and efforts to bring forward the development of cross-border e-commerce and other new forms of business, and increase imports and exports, will better place us to meet the needs of upgraded consumption and overall development," Li stressed at the meeting.