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LOCATION:Geneva\, Switzerland
SUMMARY:Inclusive Development and E-Commerce: Case of China
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DESCRIPTION:Growth imbalance and poverty have been the major challenge for 
 the world economy in the long term. Achieving inclusive development is bec
 oming increasingly high priority in the development agenda of policy maker
 s.\n\nThis session will provide an overview of China&#039\;s experience in
  deployment of e-commerce and its impact on inclusive development\, as wel
 l as lessons learnt which could be useful to promote e-commerce developmen
 t in other countries.\n\nA report on that topic\, prepared by AliResearch\
 , will be released during the session. It focuses on the development of e-
 commerce within China and cross-border with an emphasis on inclusive devel
 opment\, financial services\, logistics and technological innovation. It a
 lso provides strategic guidelines for policy makers\, best practices for M
 SMEs and solid empirical evidence of inclusive growth.\n\nThe session will
  close with a panel discussion among relevant stakeholders in the ecommerc
 e ecosystem and an interactive Q&amp\;A between panelists and audience.\n\
 nModerator: H.E. Ms Anusha Rahman Ahmad Khan\, Minister of State for Infor
 mation Technology and Telecom\, Pakistan\n\n\nSpeakers and Panelists:\n\n\
 nMr. Hongbing Gao\, Director of AliResearch and Vice President of Alibaba 
 Group\nMs. Marion Jansen\, Chief Economist\, International Trade Centre\nM
 s. Shamika N. Sirimanne\, Director\, Division on Technology and Logistics\
 , UNCTAD\nMr. Han Sun\, General Manager\, Jiangsu Meiyijia Furniture Co. a
 nd President\, E-commerce Association of Shaji\, China\nMr. Kibyoung Kim\,
  Director of Global e-government division\, Ministry of the Interior of th
 e Republic of Korea\n\n\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;Growth imbalance and poverty have be
 en the major challenge for the world economy in the long term. Achieving i
 nclusive development is becoming increasingly high priority in the develop
 ment agenda of policy makers.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;This session will 
 provide an overview of China&#039\;s experience in deployment of e-commerc
 e and its impact on inclusive development\, as well as lessons learnt whic
 h could be useful to promote e-commerce development in other countries.&lt
 \;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;A report on that topic\, prepared by AliResearch\,
  will be released during the session. It focuses on the development of e-c
 ommerce within China and cross-border with an emphasis on inclusive develo
 pment\, financial services\, logistics and technological innovation. It al
 so provides strategic guidelines for policy makers\, best practices for MS
 MEs and solid empirical evidence of inclusive growth.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;
 p&gt\;The session will close with a panel discussion among relevant stakeh
 olders in the ecommerce ecosystem and an interactive Q&amp\;amp\;A between
  panelists and audience.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;div class=&quot\;row\n\nView 
 meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/inclusive-development-an
 d-e-commerce-case-china
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