In the early stages of a business, companies first target their friends and family as clients. After passing the initial stage of entrepreneurship where they rely on relationships with those around them, many companies then face the bottleneck of expanding their business. So, how can small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) rise against the current and leap out of the water, achieving the crucial transformation from "carp" to "dragon"?
Since the beginning of this year, SMEs in the manufacturing sector, particularly those involved in foreign trade in the Pearl River Delta, Yangtze River Delta, and Bohai Economic Rim regions, have faced difficulties such as rising raw material and labor costs, as well as shrinking international demand. The old business relationships, product distribution channels, and company structures, when viewed under the banner of regional enterprise clusters, have been elevated to the level of overall industrial structure. This has placed SMEs at the forefront of industrial structure optimization and upgrading. Traditionally known for their agility due to their smaller size, SMEs are market-sensitive and operationally flexible, and naturally will not remain outside the larger trends affecting their industries.
Recently, the "E-commerce Assisting Industrial Upgrading" High-Level Economic Forum was held in Guangzhou. Attending experts expressed that currently SMEs urgently need to accelerate the optimization and upgrading of their industrial structures. By leveraging excellent e-commerce platforms, they can gain new competitive advantages and smoothly transition from traditional manufacturing to modern manufacturing.