The China Association for Trade in Service (CATIS) and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) jointly organized Global Digital Trade conference and the advanced training on Digital Trade (Cross-Border E-Commerce) among the Belt and Road countries from 6 to 9 November 2018 in Shanghai and Suzhou, China. The conference and training programme were attended by professionals, trade experts, students, government and private sector representatives and information technology experts from around 50 countries. The IT Expert in the D-8 Secretariat, Mr. Sheikh Mohammed Moinuddin participated in the conference and training programme.

The objective of the training programme is to empower a pool of trainers who can spread within their countries the knowledge learned from the course in respect of policy making and skill development that is needed to promote digital trade in their respective countries.

During the training sessions the following topics were discussed:
1.Types of E-Commerce, different E-Commerce strategies
2.Why E-Commerce is the way of the Future?
3.Cross-border Trade
4.Block Chain & Cross Border Payments
5.Digital Trade in International trade
6.Digital Trade and Policy Implementation
7.Frame Standard of Cross-border E-Commerce
8.Digital Retail Trade Development and Prospect
9.Construction Strategy of Digital Trade Practitioner Talent Pool
10.Cross-border Logistic Solutions and International Traceability Projects
11.Online Platform Operation
12.Coming Future, Tradition Reshaped
13.Big Data Analysis of Global Consumers
14.Best Partners of Global Brands, Sharing new opportunities for Cross-border E-Commerce in China

At the end of the training session, UNCTAD and CATIS jointly issued certificates to the trainees.