众所周知,国际电子商务最主要的特色是数据电文取代传统的书面形式作为商业记录和交易意思表示形式。目前,在国际贸易实务中运用诸如传真、电子邮件、电子数据交换等数据电文进行国际贸易交易的实例正在迅速增长。然而,传统的书面形式制度对数据电文法律效力产生了重大障碍。 As we all know, the most important feature of international e-commerce is the fact that data messages replace the traditional written form as a representation of business records and transaction meanings. Currently, examples of international trade transactions using data messages such as fax, e-mail and electronic data interchange in international trade practices are rapidly growing. However, the traditional written form system posed a significant obstacle to the legal validity of data messages.