E-commerce platforms featured database collects micro-data on the largest B2B e-commerce platforms in Alibaba, including 1688 (https://www.1688.com/) , which focuses on domestic markets, and Alibaba International Station  (https://supplier.alibaba.com/) , which focuses on cross-border e-commerce transactions. In 1688, the platform has more than 120 million registered B users, an average of more than 12 million visitors a day, up to 150 million online views, and 10 million businesses have opened stores, product range covers raw materials, industrial products, clothing, home department stores, commodities and other 49 first-class industries, 1709 second-class industries, support raw material procurement, production and processing, Spot Wholesale and a series of supply services. As far as Alibaba International station is concerned, the platform is the first business segment of Alibaba Group. Established in 1999, it has developed into the world`s leading B2B digital trade platform. The platform provides full-link trade services, such as Fanners, online transactions, digital marketing, digital supply chain compliance and finance, totaling more than 200 countries and regions, with more than 26 million active corporate buyers and more than 5,900 product categories, the compound growth of paying buyers has exceeded 100% in the last three years.

The lab has applied E-commerce Platforms Featured Database and published 2 papers in Economic Research Journal:

Lyu Yue, Chen Yongchang, Zhang Haotian, Zhu Zhujun. E-commerce Platforms and Manufacturing Firm Innovation :On the Innovation-driven Path of Deep Integration ofthe Digital Economy and the Real Economy. Economic Research Journal. 2023, 8.

Lyu Yue, Hong Junjie, Chen Yongchang, Gao Linkai. The Scale Effect and the Intermediate Product Effect of Dual E-commerce Platforms' Exports: On the Use of Domestic and International Markets under the New Development Paradigm. Economic Research Journal. 2022, 8.