[Report from the press conference of the State Council Information Office]
Since the outbreak of the epidemic, my country's first major international economic and trade event opened-
Service Fair, what is unusual about this international event
Guangming Daily reporter Zhang Yi
The 2020 China International Service Trade Fair (hereinafter referred to as the "Service Trade Fair") was held at the Beijing National Convention Center from September 4th to 9th.
"At present, the new crown pneumonia epidemic is still spreading, and the global economy is facing severe challenges. This is the first major international economic and trade event held by my country since the outbreak." At the press conference held by the State Council Information Office on the afternoon of the 3rd, the Ministry of Commerce Deputy Minister Wang Bingnan said.
What kind of signals does the holding of the Service Trade Fair in 2020 send to the world?
What are the extraordinary significance?
Demonstrate the confidence and determination to expand and open up
International organizations, embassies in China, foreign business associations, institutions and enterprises from 148 countries and regions participated in the exhibition. The top 30 countries and regions in service trade have institutions and enterprises participating, and a total of 18,000 domestic and foreign enterprises and institutions are online Registered to participate in the exhibition, more than 100,000 people registered to participate in the exhibition, has collected 381 pre-funded results of the exhibition...A set of data shows that in 2020, the specifications of the service trade fair will increase and the attractiveness will increase.
Wang Bingnan told reporters that the theme of this year's Service Trade Fair is "Global Service, Mutual Benefit Sharing". It is not only the theme of the Service Trade Fair, but also the principle that my country has always adhered to in the development of service trade.
In recent years, my country has promoted the high-quality development of service trade with a more open attitude, actively expanded service imports, created a huge market for the development of global service trade, and made outstanding contributions to promoting the open and inclusive growth of the global economy.
“The Service Trade Fair will showcase the remarkable results of my country’s epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development, demonstrate my country’s unswerving determination to open up to the outside world, and release a positive signal of my country’s adherence to economic globalization and strengthening international economic and trade cooperation.” Wang Bingnan said. , To run a good service trade fair is of great significance to the high-quality development of service trade and the economy: one is an important direction for opening up to the outside world; the other is an important field for promoting the development of international trade; the third is an important platform for deepening economic and trade cooperation.
With the increasingly mature opening up of the manufacturing industry, the service industry has become the focus of China's wider, broader and deeper opening up.
The Service Trade Association focused on service trade, held a global service trade summit, announced important measures for the opening of China's service industry, gathered consensus among all parties to promote the development of service trade, and took pragmatic actions to promote the establishment of a new situation of comprehensive opening.
Currently, service trade has become increasingly prominent in global trade and has become an important engine for world economic growth.
Focusing on promoting the import and export of services, the Service Trade Association has established an international trading platform, held various exhibitions, professional forums, and promotion and negotiation activities, which will help Chinese and foreign companies obtain contracts and orders, promote my country's service import and export, and promote the development of global service trade.
The current global epidemic situation is still severe, and the world economy is full of uncertainties. The urgency of all countries to help each other and jointly fight the epidemic and promote economic development has become more prominent.
The holding of the Service Trade Fair and the establishment of an international exchange and cooperation platform in the service field will further promote cooperation and dialogue, policy coordination, and exchange of experience, and play an important role in promoting economic stability in various countries and promoting international cooperation in the fight against the epidemic.
A batch of new policies and measures will be released for the first time
At present, my country's epidemic prevention and control war has achieved major strategic results, but the growth trend of overseas epidemics is still continuing.
Many countries have adopted restrictive measures, and international travel and passenger transportation are in an almost "frozen" situation.
Since March, service trade in many countries has fallen sharply, and the development of global service trade needs new momentum.
Yang Jinbai, deputy mayor of the Beijing Municipal People's Government, stated at the press conference that the Service Trade Fair has set up seven types of activities including important events, summit forums, industry conferences and professional forums, exhibitions, results announcements, and supporting activities.
Centering on the frontier trends, innovative development, and international cooperation in the 12 major areas of service trade, 116 industry conferences and professional forums were held to focus on hot issues such as global epidemic prevention and control and digital trade.
The service trade will give full play to the advantages of the platform and the role of innovation leading, closely focusing on the theme, focusing on the 12 major areas of service trade, especially focusing on winter sports, cultural services, financial services, 5G communication services, education services, sports services, service robots, Organize activities on cutting-edge topics such as public health and epidemic prevention, Chinese medicine services, carry out cutting-edge theoretical discussions, build platforms for government-enterprise docking, industry-university docking, and domestic and international docking, and actively promote the integration and exchange of innovative theories and advanced technologies in service trade.
Adhere to the opening of services to the outside world, "new experience" breaks through time and space to serve the world.
A number of new policies and measures for opening up to the outside world will be released for the first time, and a number of new lists and new results in the 12 major areas of service trade will also be released one after another.
This session of the Service Trade Association will organize the release of more than 30 industry development reports, indexes and rankings, including the "Guidelines for the Recovery and Revitalization of Urban Tourism under the Impact of the New Coronary Pneumonia Epidemic," and set up a group to promote The alliance platform for industry development promotes the formation of a long-term mechanism for the development of service trade; the world’s top 500, multinational companies, industry leaders, unicorns and innovative companies are invited to release a batch of new technologies and new services.
At present, more than 50 companies and institutions have participated in the release, and the content of the release covers various new technologies and services such as scientific and technological epidemic prevention, financial security, and artificial intelligence.
Service Trade Fair presents new features and new ideas
China takes the lead in stabilizing the epidemic, making my country a "safe haven" for global production, investment, and consumption.
The epidemic has also given birth to new opportunities for digital trade and some new service consumption patterns, and new momentum for consumption upgrades will be stimulated.
It is more urgent than ever to strengthen international cooperation and work together to overcome the difficulties.
Yang Jinbai said that in 2020, the State Council approved the establishment of the Service Trade Fair Organizing Committee with Vice Premier Hu Chunhua as its chairman, which conveyed to the international community my country's firm determination to adhere to economic globalization and promote high-quality opening up.
The 2020 Service Trade Fair adopts a combination of online and offline methods. It will open on September 4 and close on September 9.
Despite the impact of the epidemic, the enthusiasm for participating in international and domestic exhibitions this year is still very high. The number of companies exceeds previous years, and a number of new models and achievements in the service field will be fully demonstrated.
This year's Service Trade Fair also presented some new features and new concepts: First, the establishment of a new "comprehensive + topic" exhibition model.
Integrating exhibition resources such as Beijing Cultural Expo, Tourism Expo, China International Expo, Winter Expo, World Robot Conference, etc., set up 1 comprehensive exhibition and 8 special exhibitions.
The second is to adopt a new method of "online + offline".
Overseas guests and exhibitors mainly participate in online exhibitions, and various domestic entities mainly participate in offline exhibitions. A digital platform for the Service Trade Fair has been built to provide services and support for online and offline exhibitions.
The third is to create a "indoor + outdoor" new exhibition space.
In addition to indoor exhibitions at the National Convention Center, venues will be built around the Olympic Park as outdoor exhibition venues.
"Guangming Daily" (September 04, 2020 version 10)