The Ministry of Commerce and 8 other departments jointly issued the "Guiding Opinions on Vigorously Developing Digital Consumption and Creating a Better Life in the Digital Era".

Recently, the Ministry of Commerce and 7 other departments jointly issued the "Guiding Opinions on Vigorously Developing Digital Consumption to Co-create a Better Life in the Digital Era". The "Guiding Opinions" comprehensively implement the decision-making arrangements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, leverage the advantage of the massive market, expand the diversified supply of digital consumption, innovate and enrich digital consumption scenarios, promote a higher level of supply-demand balance in digital consumption, stimulate and enhance social and economic vitality, and co-create a better life in the digital era. The "Guiding Opinions" focus on coordinated efforts from both the supply and demand sides, proposing 14 tasks from 4 aspects. Firstly, enrich the supply in the digital consumption field. Expand digital product consumption, enhance digital service consumption, innovate digital content consumption, expand digital consumption channels, and stimulate new demand with new supply of digital consumption. Secondly, cultivate and strengthen the main entities of digital consumption operation. Enhance the innovation ability of digital consumption enterprises, empower the digital development of small and medium-sized enterprises, support the development and growth of digital consumption enterprises, continuously enhance internal driving force and innovation vitality. Thirdly, optimize the support system for digital consumption. Build digital consumption platform carriers, improve express logistics distribution systems, enhance the convenience of payment, strengthen input guarantee, strengthen financial support, build an efficient and coordinated digital consumption ecosystem, and consolidate the foundation for the development of digital consumption. Fourthly, create a good environment for digital consumption. Carry out consumer promotion activities, promote international exchanges and cooperation, promote standardized and healthy development, coordinate promotion and regulation, domestic and international, and promote high-quality development of digital consumption in a better environment. The "Guiding Opinions" require all relevant units to fully understand the important role of digital consumption in promoting consumption upgrading, expanding effective investment, and promoting industrial innovation, strengthen organizational leadership, comprehensive coordination, and policy guarantee, improve long-term promotion mechanisms, timely summarize and promote innovative initiatives and typical practices, and promote the implementation and effectiveness of various measures.