June: BusyTrade held a news release in Beijing, officially announcing that BusyTrade is making significant decisions on new B2B strategy, which include business mode innovation, product services and capital flows. A new concept of "Consume on Demand" is officially launched online.

May: Brand-new version of BusyTrade China (china.busytrade.com) has been launched.

Dec: India site (india.busytrade.com), has been launched.

Sep: Started to provide Product Sourcing Service.

Jul: Redesigned Global Site (www.busytrade.com), released to the global trading marketplace.

Apr: Mexico site (mexico.busytrade.com) has been launched. Introduced the concept "Global Promotion, Local Service".

Dec: The traditional debit system that charged annual fee was replaced by Busy Dollars System. This creative and innovative pay-per-click paying model was built to help SMEs resolve financial burden.

Oct: Introduced by the launch of CITI8.com, a free classified ad website, BusyTrade has begun to service the C2C marketplace.

Jul: Brazil site (brazil.busytrade.com) has been launched.

May: BusyTrade exploited two regional trade channels in Hong Kong and Shanghai. Also Japan site (japan.busytrade.com) has been launched.

Mar: BusyTrade introduce the all-new internet currency – busy trader dollars, which would be the first step into the new era of "consume on Demand".

Jan: BusyTrade became the world's top 3 trade portal and ranked Top 2000 Alexa Traffic website.

Nov: BusyTrade co-branded with Timway.com, a popular search engine in Hong Kong.

May: Shanghai Office was established. BusyTrade introduced its successful overseas operation experience to mainland China.

Sep: BusyTrade upgraded the system to a larger B2B trade portal. Key features included Busy Dollars System, Traffic Analysis, Keywords Bidding, Products Ranking, Trade Matching, Company Credit Rating, DIY Website etc.

Jan: Cooperating with HongKong.com, BusyTrade started to provide an online payment platform to handle electronic transactions online.

Mar: As an integral part of HongKong.com's trade sector, BusyTrade became one of the 10 biggest trade portals in the world.

Dec: Aiming at the global B2B e-commerce market, BusyTrade signed friendly agreements with other global partners.

Jul: BusyTrade signed an epoch-making memorandum of understanding with 15 trade service providers. It was a milestone that promoted the global e-commerce in the form of a league.

May: With a goal to serving enterprises in China, BusyTrade.com delivered a Simplified and Traditional Chinese online platform to the users. It was the first B2B trade website that launched an ad campaign on Yahoo, Excite and AltaVista.

Sep: SinoTrade.com was renamed as BusyTrade.com. The website was positioned as a global e-commerce platform.

Jun: SinoTrade.com has been established. It was the first professional trade website in China, mainly served enterprises in HongKong and Macau.