The Global Digital Trade Expo (GDTE) is China's only national-level international professional exhibition under the theme of digital trade. GDTE acts as an important window for comprehensively displaying new technologies, new products and new ecology of global digital trade, an exchange platform for discussing new standards, new issues and new trends of international digital trade and an open platform for jointly building and sharing new markets, new opportunities and new development of economic and trade cooperation in the new era. The Expo is co-hosted by the People's Government of Zhejiang Province and the Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China, and co-sponsored by Hangzhou Municipal People's Government, Department of Commerce of Zhejiang Province and Trade Development Bureau of the Ministry of Commerce.

The first GDTE was held in Hangzhou on December 11-14, 2022, with Ireland (known as the Silicon Valley of Europe) as the guest of honor. The attendees online and offline came from 7 international organizations, 53 countries and regions, 32 distinguished guests of Embassies in China and Consulates General in Shanghai. The guest provinces and cities of honor were Beijing, Shanghai and Sichuan Province. Visitors from 11 provincial and municipal delegations and more than 800 major enterprises engaged in digital trade. 315 products of 286 enterprises made their debut, and 89 projects from the world's top 500, industry leaders and unicorn enterprises were signed, achieving trade investment of nearly 150 billion yuan. During the first GDTE, 26 high-level forums including the National Digital Service Export Base Summit Forum and Digital Cultural Trade Summit Forum has been organized, and a series of significant research results has been released, which has become a major benchmark for global digital trade.

The second Global Digital Trade Expo was held at Hangzhou International Expo Center on November 23-27, 2023. It covers a total exhibition area of 100,000 square meters. 1,018 enterprises from 25 countries and regions attended the event offline and 367 enterprises online. About 15,000 professional purchasers get involved in the event, involving over 1,700 overseas exhibitors, and over 100 international purchase teams targeting cooperation at the event. There are over 10,000 guests participating in various forums and 100,000 people paying a visit to the event.

The third Global Digital Trade Expo will be hosted in Hangzhou Grand Convention and Exhibition Center on September 25-29, 2024. It focuses on the entire industry chain of digital trade, featuring eight exhibition pavilions, including one comprehensive pavilion and eight characteristic pavilions associated to digital industry. The event is set to invite nearly 100 countries and international organizations, attract over 1,000 digital trade enterprises, and bring together tens of thousands of professional purchasers. The expo is expected to achieve four goals: establishing a global digital trade ecosystem, exploring global cooperation, promoting global digital trade, and sharing achievements.