1.Electronic commerce expert, Li Qi, teaches in 《electronic commerce general outline (higher education publisher, September, 2004)》 to the definition(P13) of electronic commerce:
Divide the line the electronic commerce as the electronic commerce of the broad sense and the narrow sense first.The electronic commerce definition of broad sense BE, use various electronics tool is engaged in business or activity.These tools include from the telegram, telephone, broadcasting, television of entry-level and fax a calculator, calculator network and arrive NII(national information foundation structure-information superhighway) and GII(world information foundation structure) with modern systems like Internet,etc.But business activity from be suffused with the need activity of merchandise(real object and non- real object, merchandise with don't commercialize of production factor etc.) to the reasonable that was suffused with a merchandise, legal of the consumption removed all activities in typical production lines.Narrow sense electronic commerce definition BE, mainly make use of Internet is engaged in business or activity.Electronic commerce is at technique, economy height flourishing modern society in, control the person of information technique and business rule, systematize a ground of usage electronics tool, high-efficiency, low costly is engaged in take merchandise commutation as the generic name of central various activity.This analysis is outstanding the premise, center, point, purpose and standard of electronic commerce, point out the level and effect that it should attain, it is to electronic commerce more strict and embody ages to request of definition, it set out from the standpoint of system and emphasized person's position in the center in the system, environment and others, person and tool, person and labor object organically the contact got up and defined electronic commerce with the constituting of target, system of system and made thus it has a productive property.
2.Electronic commerce expert, Yang Jian, contends for a professor in 《electronic commerce foundation and application 》 version 4(electronics science and technology university in Xian publisher, January, 2004) to the definition(P13) of electronic commerce:
The electronic commerce refers to trade the party concerned or participation a person to make use of each kind of business activity that modern information technique and calculator network(mainly Internet) carries on, including goods trade, service trade and intelligent property right trade.
To the comprehension of electronic commerce, should 2 consider from"modern information technique" and"business".On the other hand, "electronic commerce" all"modern information technique" for reading included should cover various use electronics technique as basal correspondence method;Should do a broad sense explanation to"business" one phrase on the other hand, make it in spite of is aroused by all the relations of the business properties of a contractual type or a not- contractual type of various items.If see"modern information technique" as a statures gather, "business" sees do another son to gather, the scope overalied by electronic commerce should be these two statureses to gather form of hand over to gather, namely"electronic commerce" headline under probably extensively involve of Internet, internal net and electronics data commutation various use in the aspects of trading.