Enterprise management advocates the use of electronic contracts. I want to know the difference between electronic contract and paper contract.

There is still a big difference between electronic contracts and paper contracts.

An electronic contract is an agreement reached by two or more parties in electronic form through the Internet to establish, change and terminate a certain civil rights and obligations. All parties to the contract have been authenticated by real names and signed by reliable electronic signature technology, which has the same legal effect as paper contracts and handwritten signatures.

Simply put, it is to move a paper contract to the Internet, sign it with electronic signature technology, and save it on the Internet. A contract with tamper resistance, non-repudiation and traceability is called an electronic contract.

The specific differences between electronic contracts and paper contracts are shown in the table below, which is more comprehensive.

As can be seen from the above table, choosing electronic contract has more advantages than paper contract. To be an efficient office worker, choose electronic contract.

Advantage 1: traditional paper contracts waste paper and have high operating costs; Electronic contract saves costs for enterprises and reduces operating expenses by 75%.

The average cost of traditional paper contract is in 25 yuan, and the cost of adopting electronic contract is less than that of 5 yuan, which reduces the operating expenses by 75%. A company with a contract of 65,438,000 yuan a year can save 2 million yuan and at least 2 operators.

Advantage 2: Traditional paper contracts need to be mailed back and forth, which takes a lot of time. Electronic contract saves time and cost for enterprises and improves work efficiency by 200-500%.

It takes 2-5 days for the traditional paper contract to be signed normally, and it can be completed by using electronic contract 1 minute. Counting the certification time of both parties, it can certainly be easily completed within one day, which improves the signing efficiency by 200-500%, greatly saves the time cost and improves the work efficiency.

Advantage 3: Electronic contract can improve the efficiency of file management, reduce the scanning process of traditional company contract documents, and can be downloaded and saved directly.

Through the mature electronic contract technology at present, the calling files can be searched online, and the required files can be called immediately with a mouse click. With the further maturity of security technology and authentication technology, electronic contracts are now more convenient and easy to use. You can sign contracts anytime and anywhere with your mobile phone and check and manage them at any time.

Advantage 4: the traditional paper contract must be based on paper and occupy storage space; Electronic contract makes contract management easier.

If a Chinese character takes up 2 bytes, the virtual capacity of 1M can hold 520,000 characters. If the maximum capacity of A4 paper is calculated, 1M Chinese characters should be filled, and at least 650 A4 papers should be used. More importantly, it is stored in a virtual space, and there is no need to worry about any unexpected situations such as mosquito bites, coffee spills, and being taken away by unknown creatures.

Advantage 5: Electronic signature is more convenient, and the mailing process can be omitted anytime and anywhere.

Traditional paper contracts signed in different places need to be mailed back and forth, and the process is cumbersome. Electronic contracts directly bypass the mailing process and are signed online.

In fact, many large foreign companies such as Adobe, Alpha Trust, Echo Sign? Electronic signatures will be used to sign electronic contracts. According to incomplete statistics, large companies sign 6.5438+0.5 million documents every day, while more than 6.5438+0.5 million companies and 50 million individuals around the world are using electronic signatures and electronic contracts.

In China, electronic contracts have penetrated into all walks of life, and e-commerce, internet finance, education, traditional manufacturing and retail, insurance, tourism, human resources, government agencies, etc. have all started to use electronic contracts to work efficiently. It is the general trend that electronic contract replaces paper contract as the mainstream signing method.

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