As can be seen from the chart that money value of annual global electronic transactions id increasing gradually in the seven years. In 1997, the money value of global electronic commerce transactions is US$ 2.6 billion, while the number reaches US$1000 billion, 500 times that of 1997. why is electronic commerce booming nowadays?

從圖表可以看出，在這七年內每年全球電子交易貨幣價值逐漸增加。1997年，全球電子商務交易貨幣價值是26億美元，然而這個數字達到1萬億美元時是1997年的500倍。為什么現在電子商務如此的蓬勃發展?

Several factors contribute to this phenomenon. First, the availability of computer is the foremost cause. The rapid development of computer technology enables everybody to have access to computer and Internet. Internet now no more a stranger to common people. Second, the technology of Internet is becoming more and more mature. People, who at first do not trust business transactions on Internet, now become convinced that doing business on Internet is very convenient and effective. Thirdly, electronic commerce is the fastest way so far to make transactions across far distance. It makes it possible to do business at home and it saves time and unnecessary formalities as well. That is why electronic commerce is preferable to the prosperity of world economy and it also give birth to SOHO, a special group of people working at home. The trend towards a promising e-commerce is inevitable. Therefore let’s get prepared to embrace this irretrievable trend.

有幾個因素導致了這種現象。首先,計算機的可用性是最重要的原因。計算機技術的高速發展讓大家都可以接觸到計算機和因特網。對于普通人家，計算機現在已不再陌生。第二，網絡技術也越來越成熟了。人們起初不相信在互聯網上進行商業交易，而現在卻開始相信在互聯網上做生意是非常方便和有效的。第三,電子商務是迄今為止最快的方式來完成遠距離的交易。它使人們可以在家里做生意、節省時間和不必要的手續。這就是為什么電子商務非常適合繁榮的世界經濟，而且它還使SOHO誕生了，使得一群特殊的人在家里工作。一個有前途的電子商務的趨勢是不可避免的。因此讓我們準備接受這勢不可擋的趨勢。