China's e-commerce trade volume reached 31.63 trillion yuan (4.58 trillion U.S. dollars) in 2018.

 

2018年中国电商交易额达到31.63万亿元（4.58万亿美元）。

 

According to the report on China's e-commerce development in 2018, over 9 trillion yuan of online retail¹ sales was made and online payment exceeded 200 trillion yuan last year.

 

More than 50 billion packages were delivered last year. The total import and export volume of cross-border e-commerce reached 134.7 billion yuan over the same period.

 

By the end of last year, the number of people working in e-commerce reached 47 million, the report said.

 

The development of e-commerce has influenced both production and consumption, and is promoting the development of agriculture, industry and the service sector², said Sun Baowen, dean of China Center for Internet Economy Research at Central University of Finance and Economics.

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