China News Service, Beijing, August 19 (Reporter Li Xiaoyu) China recently announced that it will comprehensively deepen the pilot service trade innovation development in 28 provinces, cities (regions). Xian Guoyi, Director of the Department of Trade in Services of the Ministry of Commerce, said on the 19th that in the future, more attention will be paid to the development of service trade in the central and western regions and support will be increased.
Half of the pilot projects for comprehensively deepening the innovation and development of service trade are in the central and western regions and the old industrial bases in the northeast, involving Chengdu, Guiyang, Kunming, Xi'an, Urumqi, etc.
Xian Guoyi said at the press conference held that day that the reason for this layout is that, on the one hand, it is the need to implement high-quality construction of the "One Belt and One Road", western development, northeast revitalization and other national development strategies; on the other hand, in recent years The development of the service industry and service trade in the central and western regions has accelerated, and the foundation and conditions for system innovation are available. Moreover, the experience of these local pilots is more meaningful for the central and western regions. It is hoped that these pilot areas can become the leader in the development of service trade in the central and western regions, play a demonstrative and leading role, and promote the improvement of the overall level of service trade in the central and western regions.
He said that in the future, he will pay more attention to the development of service trade in the central and western regions, increase support, and work with these pilot areas to combine their own industrial characteristics and location advantages to formulate specific and feasible implementation plans for digital trade, transportation, tourism, culture, and traditional Chinese medicine. And productive service areas such as service outsourcing actively cultivate new competitive advantages to better promote economic transformation and upgrading and coordinated regional development. (Finish)