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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">RUDN Journal of Economics</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">RUDN Journal of Economics</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Экономика</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2313-2329</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2408-8986</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">30102</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2313-2329-2021-29-4-699-715</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL TRENDS</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>ЭКОНОМИЧЕСКИЕ И СОЦИАЛЬНЫЕ ТРЕНДЫ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">E-commerce in China amid COVID-19 pandemic restrictions</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Электронная коммерция в КНР в условиях пандемических ограничений COVID-19</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2442-2393</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Revinova</surname><given-names>Svetlana Yu.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Ревинова</surname><given-names>Светлана Юрьевна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Candidate of Economic Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Economic and Mathematical Relations</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>кандидат экономических наук, доцент кафедры экономико-математических отношений</p></bio><email>revinova-syu@rudn.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Ivashchenko</surname><given-names>Ekaterina A.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Иващенко</surname><given-names>Екатерина Александровна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Bachelor of Economics, Department of Economic and Mathematical Relations</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>бакалавр экономики, кафедра экономико-математических отношений</p></bio><email>1032182826@rudn.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Российский университет дружбы народов</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2021-12-30" publication-format="electronic"><day>30</day><month>12</month><year>2021</year></pub-date><volume>29</volume><issue>4</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">VOL 29, NO4 (2021)</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">ТОМ 29, №4 (2021)</issue-title><fpage>699</fpage><lpage>715</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2022-01-26"><day>26</day><month>01</month><year>2022</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2021, Revinova S.Y., Ivashchenko E.A.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2021, Ревинова С.Ю., Иващенко Е.А.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2021</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Revinova S.Y., Ivashchenko E.A.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Ревинова С.Ю., Иващенко Е.А.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/economics/article/view/30102">https://journals.rudn.ru/economics/article/view/30102</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p style="text-align: justify;">The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on all areas of life, including e-commerce. Most experts note a positive effect on e-commerce. E-commerce volume has grown all over the world. At the same time, structural changes took place; consumers changed their behavior and priorities. The purpose of the research is to study the role of e-commerce in China during the period of pandemic restrictions and analyze the statistical and structural changes in e-commerce during the epidemic. Quantitative and qualitative analysis is provided and the prospects for e-commerce in China are identified. When conducting the study, the methods of statistical and comparative analysis were used. The data sources were materials from the National Bureau of Statistics of China and other open sources. To determine the prospects for e-commerce, a model with an additive component was build. The data was deseasonalized, several trend variants were calculated, and the most suitable trend was selected, best approximating the sales data. The analysis showed that China has seen growth in e-commerce during the pandemic, but not as strong as expected. It is noted that before the pandemic, e-commerce grew at a reasonably rapid pace, and the pandemic only accelerated it a little. During the pandemic, those companies that had not previously used the Internet were forced to switch to new sales forms. The epidemic also prompted people to try many new products and services and then develop new consumer habits, which in the long term will continue the growth of e-commerce.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p style="text-align: justify;">Пандемия COVID-19 оказала большое влияние на все сферы жизни, в том числе на электронную коммерцию. Большинство экспертов отмечают положительный эффект, объемы электронной торговли выросли. Одновременно с этим произошли и структурные изменения, потребители сменили свои приоритеты. Целью исследования стало изучение роли электронной коммерции в Китае в период пандемических ограничений, а также анализ статистических и структурных изменений электронной торговли в период эпидемии. Проведен количественный и качественный анализ, определены перспективы электронной торговли в Китае. Также использовались методы статистического и сравнительного анализа. Материалом послужили данные Национального бюро статистики Китая и других отрытых источников. Для определения перспектив электронной торговли построена модель с аддитивной компонентой. Проведена десезонализация данных, рассчитаны несколько вариантов тренда и подобран наиболее подходящий, который лучшим образом аппроксимирует данные о продажах. Анализ показал рост электронной коммерции в период пандемии в Китае, но не такой высокий как ожидался. Отмечается, что и до пандемии электронная коммерция росла довольно быстрыми темпами, а пандемия лишь немного ускорила ее рост. В период пандемии на новые формы продаж вынуждены были перейти и те компании, которые раньше не использовали интернет. Также эпидемия побудила людей попробовать множество новых продуктов и услуг, а затем и развить новые потребительские привычки, что в долгосрочной перспективе продолжит рост электронной торговли.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>e-commerce</kwd><kwd>e-retail</kwd><kwd>COVID-19</kwd><kwd>pandemic restriction</kwd><kwd>China</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>электронная коммерция</kwd><kwd>розничная торговля</kwd><kwd>COVID-19</kwd><kwd>ограничения пандемии</kwd><kwd>Китай</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group><funding-statement xml:lang="en">This paper has been supported by the RUDN University Strategic Academic Leadership Program.</funding-statement><funding-statement xml:lang="ru">Статья подготовлена при поддержке Программы стратегического академического лидерства РУДН.</funding-statement></funding-group></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Agus, A.A., Yudoko, G., Mulyono, N., &amp; Imaniya, T. 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