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On January 7, 2021, the notice of the General Office of the Ministry of Commerce on the promotion of the green development of e-commerce enterprises, promote the green development of e-commerce enterprises, and promote the green supply chain management of express packaging .

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(1) Strengthen the concept of green development.

Strengthen the publicity and implementation of laws and policies, guide e-commerce companies to deeply study and implement Xi Jinping’s ecological civilization thought, firmly establish a sense of responsibility for ecological environmental protection, regard ecological environmental protection and sustainable development as the basic norms for corporate development, and strictly abide by the "E-commerce Law" Law on the Prevention and Control of Environmental Pollution by Solid Wastes, plastic pollution control, green transformation of express packaging and other laws, regulations, and policy standards, operate in compliance with laws and regulations.

(2) Improve the level of low-carbon environmental protection.

Guide e-commerce companies to actively apply advanced technologies and equipment for energy conservation and environmental protection, do a good job in the green construction and transformation of office and business premises, network computer rooms, warehousing and logistics and distribution, and establish and improve a green operating system.

(3) Enhance digital operation capabilities.

Under normalized epidemic prevention and control, e-commerce companies are encouraged to continue to adopt low-carbon operation methods such as remote office, video conferencing, and online signing to improve the efficiency of online and offline collaborative work.

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(4) Promote the reduction of express packaging.

Encourage e-commerce companies to reduce the amount of express packaging through direct sourcing from the origin, original direct delivery, and single direct delivery.

(5) Promote the application of recyclable packaging.

Encourage e-commerce companies to participate in the research and development of new technologies and products for express packaging recycling, and actively promote their applications.

(6) Regulate the use of express packaging.

Strengthen regulation and guidance, and implement the ban and restrictions on express packaging in the e-commerce field.

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(7) Implement green management responsibilities for e-commerce platforms.

Supervise and guide e-commerce platforms to report the use and recycling of disposable plastic products such as plastic bags generated by their own business, and guide the operators on the platform to reduce and replace disposable plastics by formulating platform rules, service agreements, and carrying out publicity and promotion measures Products are used, and the implementation status is released to the society.
Instruct e-commerce platform companies to conduct regular investigations on the use and recycling of disposable plastic products by operators on the platform, and report evaluations as required.
Encourage e-commerce platforms to actively connect with green packaging suppliers, provide network centralized procurement services for operators on the platform, and promote recyclable, easy-to-recycle, and degradable alternative products.

(8) Expand sales of green products.

Support e-commerce platforms to expand the sales of energy-saving, environmental protection, and green products, set up special areas for green product sales, and strengthen centralized display and publicity.
Actively explore local green and high-quality agricultural products, actively connect with e-commerce platforms, and expand green agricultural products, especially online sales of "three products and one standard" certified agricultural products.
Guide e-commerce platforms to explore green consumer demand, and cooperate with brand owners to carry out green design of products and packaging to create green brands.

(9) Actively guide green consumption.

Encourage e-commerce platforms to establish points rewards, credit scoring and other mechanisms to guide consumers to buy green products, use green packaging or reduced-volume packaging, and participate in packaging recycling.
Guide e-commerce platforms to carry out promotion and educational publicity activities on green environmental protection themes such as trade-in, spread the concept of green environmental protection, and increase consumers' awareness of green products.
Encourage e-commerce platforms to carry out green public welfare activities to enhance consumers' awareness of green environmental protection.

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(10) Strengthen organizational leadership.

All local commerce authorities should improve their political positions, strengthen their sense of responsibility for green development in the e-commerce field, and earnestly fulfill their management responsibilities in the green development industry, incorporate this work into development plans and annual work plans, establish and improve working mechanisms, and strengthen Coordinate linkage and information sharing with the departments of industry and information technology, finance, ecological environment, postal management, market supervision and so on.
Adhere to the problem-oriented and goal-oriented, combined with local reality, detailed tasks and measures, grasp the organization and implementation, promote the implementation of the main responsibility of the enterprise, and support the company's green innovation.

(11) Increase policy support.

Comprehensive use of planning, standards, funds, investment and financing and other policy guidance to promote the green development of e-commerce enterprises.
Establish and improve evaluation indicators for green e-commerce, cultivate a group of green e-commerce companies through demonstration and establishment, comprehensive evaluation, etc.
, and form a group of replicable environmental protection technology applications, express packaging reduction and circular promotion of new models.
Guide e-commerce companies to actively participate in green technology research and development projects supported by financial funds, and encourage eligible e-commerce companies to apply for green credit in the development of large-scale applications of green and recyclable express packaging.

(12) Strengthen publicity and guidance.

Timely summarize the effectiveness and typical practices of green development of e-commerce companies, submit excellent models and cases, and use national e-commerce public service platforms, newspapers, radio and television, and new online media to strengthen publicity and promotion.
Fully mobilize the enthusiasm of industry associations, service organizations and other intermediary organizations, strengthen the publicity and implementation of regulations and standards, organize more companies to respond to the "E-commerce Green Development Initiative", promote industry self-discipline, and better fulfill social responsibilities.
Use nodes such as the "National Energy Conservation Promotion Week" to actively promote the concept of green consumption and guide the whole society to form a simple, moderate, green and low-carbon life>The promotion work will be reported to the Ministry of Commerce (E-commerce and Information Technology Department) before May 30, 2021.

(Keywords: Ministry of Commerce Green Supply Chain)