Financial observation: "Digital economy" has become a "new way out" for the development of China-Latin America service trade.

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, September 3 Financial observation: "Digital economy" has become a "new outlet" for the development of China-Latin America service trade.

Fernando, the drip driver, drove to the door of the handmade furniture decoration brand store "Muyu" after receiving the application of express delivery in the same city. After picking up the goods at the designated place, the package was successfully delivered to the customer within 25 minutes.

During the COVID-19 epidemic, in Santiago, the capital of Chile, this kind of "express delivery" business helped many small and medium-sized enterprises running physical stores. They were troubled by measures such as closing the city, and the contactless distribution service solved their urgent needs.

"The flash service not only helped me complete all the orders, but also changed the delivery time from a few days to the same day. The fast delivery service has improved the reputation of the store and the sales have greatly increased! " Andrea, the founder of Muyu, said that this is inseparable from fast logistics services.

Since the beginning of this year, from infrared thermal imaging non-contact temperature measurement to artificial intelligence aided diagnosis technology in COVID-19, from telecommuting, online classes to faster online transactions, the digital technical support and services under the cooperation between China and Latin America have increasingly penetrated into the lives of Latin American people.

"Because of the epidemic, traditional trade and face-to-face communication were blocked. Under such circumstances, people are forced to choose online communication and trading. " Zhou Mi, deputy director of the International Trade and Economic Cooperation Research Institute of the Ministry of Commerce of China, said.

It is believed that intelligent and digital service trade will promote the sustainable development of China-Latin America trade under the impact of traditional methods. "The digital economy is becoming a very promising area for the development of China-Latin America service trade".

During the epidemic, with the help of the Internet and digital services, small business owners in Chile kept their jobs, and diving champions in Mexico were able to continue to "pursue their dreams" at home.

On the 2nd local time, Maria jose sanchez, a Mexican national diving team athlete aged 15, turned on her computer as usual and completed an hour and a half of "cloud training" with her teammates under the guidance of her coach's online video.

"In Latin America, the epidemic has led to a surge in demand for telemedicine, telecommuting and distance education, which has brought tremendous pressure on the networks of various countries. Faced with this situation, Huawei and local operators actively responded and worked hard to ensure the normal operation of the network. " Wu Shuo, Vice President of Global Corporate and Government Affairs Department of Huawei.

Zhou Mi believes that with the cooperation and support in the fields of communication, logistics, big data and cloud computing, China and Latin America have considerable room for cooperation in the field of e-commerce. "Geographical distance is the main constraint on the development of China-Latin America economic and trade cooperation. Trade in services can overcome the problems caused by distance and is conducive to promoting bilateral economic and trade cooperation. "

Brazil is the head market of AliExpress, a cross-border retail e-commerce platform under Alibaba Group, which is sold in more than 200 countries and regions around the world. However, at the beginning of the epidemic in this country, AliExpress suffered a great impact in this South American country due to the sharp drop in the capacity of international logistics trunk lines and exchange rate fluctuations.

To this end, AliExpress launched a charter strategy and "container" logistics services. This new service realizes the centralized distribution of cross-store orders in Brazil, saving users' logistics costs. According to the data of AliExpress Brazil, within six months, "container transportation" service has become one of the most popular logistics solutions in Brazil. In August, after AliExpress significantly lowered the postage threshold, container orders further increased significantly.

Zhou Mi said that with the help of cross-border e-commerce, while the Latin American people were "Made in China" in Haitao, more Latin American high-quality agricultural products also entered thousands of households in China, bringing happiness to consumers in China and benefiting many small and medium-sized enterprises in Latin America.

In addition to the continuous digitalization of services in the fields of logistics, transportation, communication and shopping, thanks to the blessing of new technologies, the cooperation between China and Latin America in the field of public health has been deepened this year.

During the epidemic period, COVID-19's auxiliary diagnosis and treatment system, which was jointly developed by Huawei, Huazhong University of Science and Technology and Blue Net Technology and integrated with cloud computing and artificial intelligence technology, crossed the ocean and successively entered several hospitals in Latin American countries such as Ecuador, Mexico, Colombia, Chile and Panama.

"The global spread of the epidemic has seriously impacted the world's traditional service trade, but the emerging service areas, especially the digital deliverable knowledge-intensive service trade, have achieved contrarian growth to some extent." Li Junru, director of the International Service Trade Research Institute of the International Trade and Economic Cooperation Research Institute of the Ministry of Commerce, said.

In 2020, the China International Fair for Trade in Services will be opened in Beijing, and enterprises and industry associations in related fields in Latin American countries will actively participate.