As a regional central city, the maturity of the e-commerce in Shantou will determine the driving force and potential for the social and economic development in the whole city and even East Guangdong. A few days ago, Shantou held a meeting about speeding up the construction of national e-commerce demonstration city. At the meeting, Shantou proposed that it would actively use the foreign-trade e-commerce trade platform and the customs e-port platform, to promote the cross-border e-commerce service for the e-port, and built the cross-border trade e-commerce service pilot city. Meanwhile, Shantou will boldly apply the special zone experiment right and the legislative power, to keep a firm grasp on developing a number of e-commerce laws and regulations of Shantou features, make sound e-commerce talent introduction mechanism, and promote the e-commerce development of Shantou to reach a higher stage.

Source:Shantou Daily, Feb 20, 2012

　　作为区域中心城市，汕头电子商务成熟度将决定整个城市乃至粤东地区社会经济发展的动力和潜力。日前我市召开加快推进建设国家电子商务示范城市工作座谈会，提出将积极利用外贸电子商务交易平台和海关电子口岸平台，推动电子口岸开展跨境贸易电子商务服务，打造跨境贸易电子商务服务试点城市。同时，我市将大胆运用特区试验权和立法权，抓紧制定一批具有汕头特色的电子商务法律和法规，健全电子商务人才引进机制，推动我市电子商务发展跃上新的台阶。

来源：汕头日报2012-2-20