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首届APEC电子商务工商联盟论坛回眸 A Glance Back at the 1st APEC E-Commerce Business Alliance Forum

二零零四年六月十五日至十六日，首届APEC电子商务工商联盟论坛在中国烟台成功举办。论坛主题是“数字化企业-电子商务发展的基石”，旨在跟踪国际电子商务技术、应用的发展趋势，推介最佳电子商务解决方案，减少企业在电子商务实施中的投入成本。来自APEC 21个成员经济体的政府、企业和学术界300多位嘉宾应邀出席论坛。

论坛期间，中央电视台新闻联播、晚间新闻、中国新闻财经报道、新华社、《人民日报》、《大众日报》、《国际商报》、《亚太经济评论》等50余家海内外媒体都到现场进行了采访报道；搜狐网、中国国际电子商务网等网络媒体也作了现场直播，引起热烈反响。

首届论坛的成功举办标志着APEC智利部长级会议确定的2004 - 2006年亚太地区无纸贸易促进行动计划的正式启动，同时也是2001年上海APEC首脑级会议上提出的“数字APEC战略”实施的重要环节。

On June 15 - 16, 2004, the 1st APEC E-Commerce Business Alliance Forum took place successfully at Yantai China. With the aim to keep track of the international trends of e-commerce technology and application development, promote the optimized e-commerce solutions and reduce enterprises' input costs in implementing e-commerce, the theme of the 1st forum has been set as "Digital Enterprise - The Cornerstone for E-Commerce Development". Over 300 guests from the governments, enterprises and academic communities of 21 APEC member economies have been invited and attended the forum.

During the forum, More than 50 Overseas and Chinese medias including CCTV, Xinhua News Agency, People's Daily, Dazhong Daily, International Business Daily, Review, ect have made on-site report and live coverage; Internet medias such as Sohu.com and China International E-Commerce Network have also reported the event online and has drew enthusiastic responses.

The success of the 1st APEC E-Commerce Business Alliance Forum has marked the formal launch of the 2004-2006 APEC Paperless Trading Promotion Action Plan defined in Chile APEC Ministerial Meeting. Meanwhile, it is also an important step for the implementation of "Digital APEC Strategy "set forth in 2001 APEC Leaders' Summit held in Shanghai.

APEC电子商务工商联盟 APEC E-Commerce Business Alliance

鉴于政府与工商企业在电子商务领域的不同作用,为了加强双方的合作，缩小APEC成员经济体在电子商务应用水平方面的差距，推动电子商务的发展，2001年10月APEC部长会议批准成立了“APEC电子商务工商联盟”。

联盟的宗旨是服务于亚太地区工商企业，构建亚太地区企业与政府、企业与企业之间的交流合作平台, 发挥区域联盟的整体影响力，全面促进亚太地区各成员经济体企业在电子商务领域的交流与合作，促进政府优化电子商务发展环境，推动亚太地区电子商务整体发展进程。

APEC电子商务工商联盟自2001年成立以来，组织、策划了多种形式的研讨会及培训活动，并建立APEC电子商务工商联盟电子商务专家资源库。为进一步加快APEC地区贸易自由化、便利化发展进程，APEC电子商务工商联盟将每两年组织召开一次联盟论坛。继2004年“首届APEC电子商务工商联盟论坛”后，“第二届APEC电子商务工商联盟论坛”将于2006年5月18日在中国青岛继续举办。

Noting the different roles of private and public sectors in promoting the development of e-commerce and with the aim to enhance their cooperation, dwindle the gaps of APEC economies on the application level of e-commerce and to promote the development of e-commerce, the APEC Ministerial Meeting held in October, 2001 approved the establishment of APEC E-Commerce Business Alliance.

The tenets of the Alliance are to provide services to entrepreneurs in the Asia-Pacific region, build a platform for exchange and cooperation between government and enterprise and between enterprises, exert the overall influence of a regional alliance, promote exchanges and cooperation in the area of e-commerce among enterprises from APEC member economies, urge governments to optimize the development environment for e-commerce and accelerate the overall developmental process of e-commerce in the Asia-Pacific region.

Since its establishment in 2001, APEC E-Commerce Business Alliance has contrived and organized many activities such symposiums and training programs with diverse topics, and has set up APEC E-Commerce Business Alliance E-Commerce Experts Resources Bank; Meanwhile, APEC E-Commerce Business Alliance will hold APEC E-Commerce Business Alliance Forum every 2 years and organize in-depth discussion over hot and key e-commerce issues to accelerate the overall development process of e-commerce in Asia-Pacific region.