What's the difference between electronic contract and traditional contract?

Compared with traditional contracts, electronic contracts have the following characteristics: 1. Two or more parties to a contract operate on the Internet and cannot meet each other. 2. The traditional way of signing and stamping indicates that the contract is effective has been replaced by digital signature. 3. For contracts concluded in the form of data messages, the recipient's main place of business is the place where the contract is established; If there is no main place of business, its habitual residence is the place where the contract is established.

legal ground

Article 469 of the Civil Code, the parties may conclude a contract in written form, orally or in other forms. Written form refers to contracts, letters, telegrams, telexes, faxes and other forms that can tangibly express the contents contained. A data message that can tangibly express its content through electronic data interchange, e-mail, etc. , and can be retrieved at any time, are considered in writing.