A Case-Based Comparison of East and Central Regions of China of E-Commerce Development

The term "e-commerce" is becoming more popular as businesses became aware of the potential role of the Internet as a powerful medium for conducting business. Some enterprises in central region have adopted B2B business model, yet in e-commerce journals, the central region in China has received surprisingly scant attention, empirical evidence lags behind theoretical development. Combining with the current economy conditions of the east and middle regions, this paper discusses the e-commerce development in China, and picks out two typical B2B Websites China.chemnet.com in Hangzhou City and whcotton.com in Wuhan City, analyzes and compares their advantages and disadvantages, basing on the analysis results, the paper proposes six suggestions on the e-commerce development for the Central Region of China.