China News Service, June 4th, the Ministry of Commerce spokesperson Gao Feng introduced my country's service trade development from January to April 2020. He pointed out that from January to April this year, my country's total service imports and exports totaled 1514.43 billion yuan (RMB, the same below), a year-on-year decrease of 13.2%.
Data map: Container terminal. China News Service reporter Luo Yunfei
On the 4th, the Ministry of Commerce held a regular online press conference.
Gao Feng introduced that from January to April this year, my country's total service imports and exports totaled 1514.43 billion yuan (RMB, the same below), a year-on-year decrease of 13.2%. Among them, exports were 605.53 billion yuan, the decline narrowed to 2.2%; imports were 908.89 billion yuan, down 19.2%.
"In April, the total volume of imports and exports of our services was 361.66 billion yuan, a decrease of 20.1%." Gao Feng said, mainly presenting the following characteristics:
First, the growth of service exports in April changed from negative to positive. As China adopted a series of policy measures to promote the resumption of production and production of enterprises and stabilize foreign trade and foreign investment, China’s service exports in April were 161.29 billion yuan, an increase of 3.5% year-on-year, reversing the continuous decline in monthly exports since the outbreak. Situation. Among them, the export of intellectual property rights fees was 5.74 billion yuan, an increase of 54.9%; the export of personal cultural and entertainment services was 980 million yuan, an increase of 28.9%; the export of telecommunications computer and information services was 38.22 billion yuan, an increase of 28.5%; the export of transportation was 31.23 billion yuan, an increase of 23.3 %; the export of insurance services was 3.02 billion yuan, an increase of 20.3%.
Second, the deficit in service trade has decreased significantly. In April, my country's service imports were 200.32 billion yuan, down 32.5%; the service trade deficit fell 72.3% year-on-year to 39.03 billion yuan, a decrease of 101.92 billion yuan. From January to April, my country's service trade deficit fell by 40% year-on-year to 303.36 billion yuan, a decrease of 202.37 billion yuan.
Third, the proportion of knowledge-intensive services trade continued to increase. In April, the import and export of knowledge-intensive services was 170.43 billion yuan, an increase of 3.8%, accounting for 47.1% of the total value of services imports and exports, an increase of 10.8 percentage points. From January to April, the import and export of knowledge-intensive services reached 637.37 billion yuan, an increase of 6.7%, accounting for 42.1% of the total import and export of services, an increase of 7.9 percentage points.