Ordos accelerates cross-border e-commerce

Ordos city in North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region is accelerating its transition from a traditional energy-based economy by expanding cross-border e-commerce, with businesses from the city's Dongsheng district increasingly reaching overseas markets.

At the Dongsheng Cross-Border E-Commerce Industrial Park, sales from self-operated online stores have exceeded 86 million yuan ($12.84 million) since the beginning of 2026, up sharply from 2.68 million yuan in 2022.

The park is a government-invested and State-owned enterprise-operated platform. It focuses on cross-border sales, talent development, and business services.

It has established stable supply chains for 3C (computer, communication, and consumer electronics) products, auto products, pet supplies, and home and outdoor goods, with 3C appliances recording the fastest growth. Russia is its primary overseas market, with major sales conducted through Ozon, a leading Russian e-commerce platform.

The park has also built a four-level logistics network covering local warehouses, transit hubs, border warehouses, and overseas warehouses in Russia and the United States. Working with China-Europe freight trains and specialized supply chains, the network has cut delivery times by about one-third.

Since beginning full operations late last year, the park has attracted more than 400 companies and online stores, over 90 percent of them from Inner Mongolia, and trained more than 700 people.

Support measures, including subsidies for store openings, sales incentives, and funding for logistics and marketing, are helping local businesses and individuals explore new opportunities in global markets.