What is the difference between electronic signature and traditional signature in enterprise management?

Article 32 of China's Contract Law stipulates:

If the parties conclude a contract in the form of a contract, the contract shall be established when both parties sign or seal it.

In business activities, in order to ensure the authenticity and identifiability of the counterparty, a written contract needs the signature of the person in charge of the counterparty to confirm the expression of the parties' will, so that the contract can be legally recognized as valid.

In today's increasingly popular e-commerce, contracts or documents are often expressed and transmitted electronically.

In this case, the traditional handwritten signature can not confirm the identities of both parties to the transaction, which requires technical means to identify the true identities of both parties in the electronic document to ensure the security, authenticity and undeniable nature of the transaction. This electronic technique is called electronic signature.

Applying electronic technology to electronic contracts is the essential difference between electronic signatures and traditional signatures.