Selected E-commerce Customs in Russia and China: Comparative Analysis

Abstract

The article examines the experience of regulating e-commerce in the Russian Federation and China, mainly in terms of compliance with contractual norms, settlement of business disputes and protection of consumer rights. We can conclude that if the use of positive norms predominates in the Russian Federation, then the PRC quite successfully uses ordinary norms, revised and adapted to the needs of today — both at the national level and in the practice of cross-border trade transactions (the formation of a new customary trade law — lex mercatoria). It is especially worth noting the signifi cant role of mediation as a method of resolving business disputes, which is widespread in the PRC. The historical, cultural and current signifi cance of mediation allows us to talk about it as a legal custom that has found its place in the system of modern legislation of the PRC.