On November 23, 2023, President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory letter to the second Global Digital Trade Expo.

Xi Jinping pointed out that at present, global digital trade is booming and has become a new highlight of international trade. In recent years, China has actively integrated with high-standard international economic and trade rules, established and improved its digital trade governance system, promoted the reform, innovation and development of digital trade, and continued to provide new opportunities for the world with its new development. Xi Jinping expressed the hope that all parties will make full use of the platform of the Global Digital Trade Expo to discuss cooperation, promote common development and share fruits, and jointly build digital trade into a new engine for common development, so as to inject new impetus into world economic growth.

Jointly hosted by the People's Government of Zhejiang Province and the Ministry of Commerce, the second Global Digital Trade Expo opened in Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province on that day with the theme of "Digital Trade for Global Business".