Electronic Commerce, Electronic Commerce, EC for short. E-commerce usually refers to the wide range of commercial trade activities around the world, under the open network environment of the Internet, based on browser/server application, using computer technology, network technology and remote communication technology, to achieve the electronization, digitization and networking of the whole business process.
E-commerce refers to the use of simple, fast, low-cost electronic communication, buyers and sellers do not meet each other all kinds of business activities. Electronic commerce can be conducted through a variety of electronic communication methods.
With the continuous development of Internet technology, it has not only changed people's business model, but also changed people's life. E-commerce has gradually become a new business transaction model that people must adapt to. After the emergence of e-commerce in the late 20th century, it has become the symbol of the information age in just a few decades. In essence, e-commerce is the result of human's pursuit of high work efficiency and the continuous development of business information. It is also a new economic form. It plays an increasingly important role in enterprises, markets and even national economic operation.