July 28 afternoon, Former Diplomats of China Friendship Association, China Ministry of Foreign Affairs Foreign Policy Advisory Committee Members, Former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Ji Peiding, Former China Diplomat Association Vice President and Secretary, former ambassador to Italy, San Marino, Switzerland Ambassador Dong Jinyi, China AFDC Vice President, Secretary of China-Africa Cooperation Roundtable, former ambassador to Ethiopia, Iceland, Botswana Ambassador Jiang Zhengyun, Chinese AFDC Chief Executive Secretary Xu Weili, Central Africa Foundation for Poverty Alleviation and Development Director Huang Zhaojin, Gao Li, Central Africa Poverty Reduction and Development Foundation, Shandong Provincial Europe and Africa Foreign Affairs Office Director Chen Baiwei, Provincial Foreign Affairs Office Economist Cong Xiao, accompanied by Director of the overseas Chinese Affairs Office of Jining foreign affairs City Hall Gao Jianjun to visit Shandong China Coal Group, national industrial and commercial letter of cross-border e-commerce integration innovation demonstration enterprise, to have an investigation on Cross-border E-commerce. Group leaderships, like the Deputy General Manager, Han Yong, the Vice General Manager, Li Zhenbo, Fan Peigong, Sun shijun, Li Zaopeng, warmly received the visiting group.

During their visit in China Coal, the visiting group firstly visited the Group four E-commerce companies, Cross-border E-commerce Company, Network Information Company, Software Technology Company, Weixin Agricultural Science &Technology Company. And Li Zhenbo, the Group vice general manager made a detailed presentation about Cross-border E-commerce and the development of the electric business platform. Manager Li said that China Coal Group started to develop cross-border e-commerce since 2011, and formed an overseas marketing team that covering talents of English, French, German, Portuguese, Russian, Arabic, etc. Meanwhile, relying on Yikuang Net, the Group independent cross-border e-commerce platform, China Coal exported products to 131 countries and regions with more than 360000 customers all over the world.

It was reporter that in the first half of 2015, the country overall decline in import and export trade situation. After knowing that China Coal achieved rapid development through e-commerce as China's import and export trade presents the overall downward trend. The minister Ji and other visitors gave high evaluation and recognition on Group's Cross-border E-commerce and foreign trade development! The minister Ji pointed out that the current situation of foreign trade is serious, and the cross-border e-commerce is the only way to open up foreign trade market, cultivate new competitive advantages in foreign trade. China Coal Group as the ministry of cross-border e-commerce innovation pilot enterprises, made model for the marketing innovation and transformation of natioal mining machinery industry. Its experience is worth promoting and learning in the country. Meanwhile, the minister Jin further defined that the policy of cross-border e-commerce development, he encouraged group to response positively to the national foreign trade policy, continue to play a role of scientific and technological innovation spirit and the exemplary, strive to make greater contribution for our country foreign trade import and export development!