1. Better communication technologies have facilitatedthe unbundling of tasks - the "second unbundling" of international trade. 2. The rollout of broadband infrastructure boosted exports and labor productivity in China even in the era before Alibaba - from 1999 to 2007. 3. The number of internet users increased across all provinces between 1997 and 2007 - though it was stronger in coastal areas in the earlier years and in several inland provinces in later years. 4. The value of real exports seems to have followed a similar pattern. The increase in internet domains and users per capita had a positive impact on fi rms' manufacturing exports in ICT-intensive sectors. 5. It raised the number of firms that export - the firms' share of export in total sales - and the real value of firms' exports.