It was a landmark moment on Sept 25, when two trucks loaded with products from Zhejiang Chenzhou Technology Co Ltd and Zhejiang Taotao Vehicles Co Ltd drove out of the e-commerce park in the Jinyun Economic Development Zone – in the city of Lishui in East China's Zhejiang province – according to officials.

They said the trucks carried the first product exports from the new China (Lishui) Cross-border E-commerce Comprehensive Pilot Area, marking a turning point which meant its development was headed on the right track.

The two trucks subsequently arrived at Beilun Port in Ningbo, where the products were shipped overseas.

Lishui got the green light to be a China cross-border e-commerce comprehensive pilot area on April 27, enabling it to set up an important commercial platform and to help expand the opening-up of the city.

The Lishui Municipal Bureau of Commerce, Lishui Customs and other government departments subsequently worked together to carry out preparations and solved a series of problems – business registrations, order uploads, data checking and other areas – in the shortest possible time.

One of the companies involved in Lishui's cross-border e-commerce is Chenzhou Technology and its general manager Zhu Jin said that the pilot area's smooth operations in the export business definitely benefitted the company.