The signing and launch ceremony of Hiking Dhgate Cross-border Trade Service Platform was held at Shangri-La Hotel in the morning of August 30, 2015. Ma Weigang, director of Qingdao Municipal Commerce Bureau, Cai Quanji, vice chief of Shibei District, Diane Wang, CEO of DHgate.com, Zhang Jianhua, chairman of Hiking Group and officials from Qingdao commerce bureau, national taxation bureau, Qingdao customs, Shandong CIQ, China Export & Credit Insurance Corporation Shandong Branch and the Export-import Bank of China attended the ceremony.
　　Mr. Zhang Jianhua and Ms. Diane Wangaddressed the ceremony. Mr. Zhang said in his speech that the cooperation between DHgate.com and Hiking Group will make active contribution to the steady and rapid growth of foreign trade in Shandong and China as well. The platform will provide services like One Button Release, online custom clearance, tax deduction, logistics and finance etc. to SMEs at the global commodity center of DHgate.com. The professional service and low cost financial supports will increase the economic returns of SMEs at the same time. In addition, the platform will provide an integrated solution including platform construction technology and operation management to enterprises which intend to serve as cross-border e-commerce platforms.
　　In her speech, Ms. Wang said Internet + foreign trade is an irreversible trend of the time and the foreign trade service contents and mode required by medium and small foreign trading enterprises are changed, they need cross-border e-commerce brokerage, overseas marketing, payment, logistics and financial services. The cooperation between Hiking and DHgate will help transformation and upgrade of SMEs at an earlier time, DHgate also hoped to help Qingdao grasp the opportunities of “Belt and Road” to build the online Silk Road together.