China issues guidance for ecommerce including for cross-border trade

China has issued guidance on Monday for its e-commerce sector that seeks to coordinate domestic development with international markets, a week after a delegation of European lawmakers visited to discuss related challenges and competition.

European Union lawmakers had pressed China ‌about a ⁠surge of dangerous ⁠products that entered the bloc and limited access to the Chinese market in what was the first European parliamentary visit to the world’s second-largest economy in eight years.

Last month, the EU agreed to overhaul its customs system, including a crackdown on mainly Chinese e-commerce platforms that could face fines if they sold illegal or ⁠unsafe products in ‌the bloc.