The Informatization Development of Foreign Trade Enterprise in China: Case in Proceeding Trade

In this paper, different levels and types of foreign trade enterprises in Shanghai are selected as samples to conduct a survey about information technology applications in order to analyze their status quo of informatization construction. Based on the results of the survey, this paper shows existing problems and constraint factors during the informatization construction process of foreign trade enterprises in Shanghai, such as infrastructure, data integration, information management and professionals. Some corresponding development strategies are proposed which are expected to prompt the construction of International Trade Center in Shanghai. As a case study, the informational management of processing trade is studied in this paper based on the business processes, the features and real issues of information management. Through analyzing the current situation of processing trade with a developing vision, the composition of information management systems are explored. Furthermore, some related initiatives are proposed to optimize information management in processing trade, such as sharing information, systematic integration, collaborative work and countermeasures.