EDI(Electronic Data Interchange)按英文直译是“电子数据交换”,是一种建立在电子数据处理和先进通讯网络基础上的当代电子商务技术。它打破了传统的纸面贸易单证的束缚,使得跨部门、跨行业、跨国际的电子数据交换得以实现。它所带来的人们观念上的和贸易业务操作实务方面的改变是一场结构性的商业革命。正如联合国贸发会早在1989年年终报告中指出的那样:“正在进行着的这场信息技术引起的实在的革命,必将对生产方式和经济产生巨大的影响,任何国家不可等闲视之。”为此,世界各国争相投放大量人力和资金加速“信息高速公路”的建设。我国 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) English literal translation is “electronic data interchange,” a contemporary e-commerce technology based on electronic data processing and advanced communications networks. It broke the shackles of traditional paper trade documents, enabling cross-sectoral, cross-sectoral and international electronic data exchange to be achieved. The changes that it brings to people’s conceptual and trading practices are a structural business revolution. As UNCTAD pointed out in its 1989 final report: “The real revolution caused by the ongoing information technology will surely have a huge impact on the mode of production and the economy. No country can afford to ignore it. ”To this end, various countries in the world have been running large numbers of manpower and funds to speed up the construction of“ information superhighway. ” My country