At the 2026 Global Digital Commerce Conference, which opened on October 30, the World Data Organization Shipping Trade Digitization Professional Committee was formally established in Shanghai. According to reports, the digitalization of global shipping trade has now entered a period of accelerated development, and topics such as orderly flow of cross-border data, mutual recognition of electronic documents across borders, and carbon footprint accounting are becoming new areas of concern for international data governance.

At the 2026 Global Digital Commerce Conference, which opened on October 30, the World Data Organization Shipping Trade Digitization Professional Committee was formally established in Shanghai. According to reports, the digitalization of global shipping trade has now entered a period of accelerated development, and topics such as orderly flow of cross-border data, mutual recognition of electronic documents across borders, and carbon footprint accounting are becoming new areas of concern for international data governance.