US's electronic commerce is controlling the world trade。 At present, US has 6,000 ten thousand Internet users。 98% above purchases manager the online pathfinding。 According to the estimate, to 2002, between American Enterprise will complete the value through the electronic commerce which the exchange involved to occupy GDP 6。1%aFortune the magazine statistics to indicate that, the world 500 strong companies all developed the online service。 IBM buys a girl child 25% (20,000,000,000 US dollars concern approximately) with the electronic commerce。 Was lucky had the electronic commerce, caused IBM to save 250,000,000 US dollars expenditures in 1999。 HP Corporation decides as its electronic commerce solution “the electronic world” - a computerization world。 This solution aims at the small and medium-sized enterprise, and will be big an investment to go to the third party - development to suit software of the small and medium-sized enterprise development electronic commerce software company。 Intel mainly throws its venture capital in the Internet and the electronic commerce domain。 In July, 1998, Intel started the online transaction。 It amounts to 1,000,000,000 US dollars through the electronic commerce month management volume。 

Just like the Europe information technology observation post does the investigation indicated, in accepts the investigation in 570 companies, 47% already implemented some kind of electronic commerce, in which 4/5 starts its electronic commerce in the past two years。 European Union Executive committee planned to 2001, 25% purchase completed at least through the electronic commerce。 In 1998 in Australia, on the Internet doubled with the electronic commerce related website, but 11% Australian Enterprise had own website。 80% Australian Corporation use the Internet to transmit the email and the development commerce activity。 In 1998, Singapore Government has promulgated the electronic commerce law。 Singapore is the official Canadian people "Electronic commerce Right And Duty" only Southeast Asia country。 Cooperate with the American manufacturer and the company, Singapore has established the electronic commerce population in Asia, provides the comprehensive enterprise (B to B) to serve to the enterprise, causes Asia Trading company to be able to enter the human whole world electronic

4。 China electronic commerce developed the China government and non-government electronic commerce development to begin in 1993。 Today, electronic commerce already applied in the foreign trade, the customs, the finance and the commercial domain。 Beijing and Shanghai had already established the local electronic commerce frame。 Some electronic commerce website already and online paid up the opening to on-line shopping。 

Foreign trade department has February established the China electronic commerce center in, 1996, is responsible for the China international electronic commerce project the research, the construction and the operation。 This center has established “the Chinese commodity trade market” on the Internet, the Chinese rich commodity resources investment world market, will open the new channel for our country's commodity exportation。 National Scientific Technical department and National Encryption Code Administrative bureau appraised highly in 19% beginning of the year had taken the ninth five-year plan period science and technology key project “electronic commerce proved safely” the topic, for constructed our country security and the regular electronic commerce environment has laid the foundation。 

In March, 1999, the information industrial department has authorized the drugs and the health electronic commerce network, takes all the various trades and occupations electronic commerce the demonstration project。 It is Chinese one of six specialization networks, provides the related market information, the product transaction, stores in a storehouse and delivers as well as pays up and so on the omni-directional service。