China's e-commerce exports rose 14.5% year-on-year to 6.3 trillion yuan in 2017, according to a report released by the E-commerce Research Center (ECRC).

电子商务研究中心发布的一份报告显示，2017年中国出口跨境电商交易规模达6.3万亿元，同比增长14.5%。

E-commerce exports have taken a growing share of China's total foreign trade, playing a key role in the restructuring and upgrading of its trade pattern, said Zhang Zhouping, an analyst¹ with the ECRC.

电子商务研究中心分析师张周平称，出口跨境电商占进出口总值比例逐步提高，在外贸转型升级的过程中扮演着重要的角色。

China remains² the world's important commodity exporter and e-commerce exports have replaced general trade amid stabilizing³ trade volume, showing good growth momentum⁴, Zhang said.

张周平说，中国是世界上重要的商品出口大国，在整体出口总量较稳定的情况下，出口跨境电商逐步取代了一般贸易，成长性良好。

In 2017, value of business-to-business (B2B) exports rose 13.3 percent to 5.1 trillion yuan, according to the report.

该报告显示，2017年，企业对企业的出口额增长13.3%至5.1万亿元人民币。

Online retail⁵ sales of e-commerce exports came in at 1.2 trillion yuan, up 21.2 percent year-on-year.

出口跨境电商网络零售市场交易规模为1.2万亿元，同比增长21.2%。

The rapid expansion of cross-border e-commerce has offered opportunities for small and medium-sized enterprises to participate in world trade.

出口跨境电商的迅速发展为中小企业参与国际贸易提供了机会。