Chinanews.com, August 27th. On the 27th, the State Council Information Office held a press conference on the development of China's service trade and the progress of the preparations for the 2021 China International Trade in Services Fair (hereinafter referred to as the "2021 Trade in Services Fair").

Yan Ligang, director of the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Commerce, said that as of now, more than 10,000 companies from 153 countries and regions have registered for online and offline participation; the overall internationalization rate is 51%, which is higher than the previous one. 9 percentage points.

Data map: In 2021, the China International Trade in Services Fair continued to use the National Convention Center and used the Shougang Park as a special venue for the first time.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Jiang Qiming

  At the meeting, Yang Jinbai, deputy mayor of the Beijing Municipal People's Government, said that the theme of the 2021 Service Trade Fair is "Digital opens the future, service promotes development" and will be held at the National Convention Center and Shougang Park.

Opening on September 2 and closing on September 7, a total of six types of activities were set up.

Including important events, forums and conferences.

In addition, 18 inspection routes have been set up for exhibitors and merchants to focus on technological innovation, "two-zone" construction, digital economy, and night economy.

  Talking about the main features, Yang Jinbai pointed out that the field and scale of the exhibition have been further expanded.

The field and scale of the exhibition were further expanded.

The exhibition continued to cover the cultural services, financial services, education services, sports services and other fields set up by the previous service trade fair, and combined with the hot trends in the development of service trade, supply chain and business services, health and sanitation services, and engineering consulting were added. And construction services and other topics, the topics of the forum meeting covered the twelve major areas of service trade.

The exhibition area has increased by 20,000 square meters over last year, and offline exhibitors have increased by 6% over the previous year.

  Secondly, the level of internationalization has been further improved.

In 2021, more than 10,000 companies from 153 countries and regions have registered for online and offline exhibitors, an increase of 5 countries from the previous session.

The internationalization rate and the proportion of the Fortune Global 500 have exceeded the previous level, attracting more overseas and Chinese institutions from overseas countries and regions to hold exhibitions online or offline, and the international participation has been further improved. The circle" is getting bigger and bigger.

  In addition, Yang Jinbai also introduced the further improvement of the conference mode and more prominent digital services.

  Yan Ligang, director of the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Commerce, said that up to now, more than 10,000 companies from 153 countries and regions have registered for online and offline exhibitions.

Among them, 2,400 companies participated offline, and the world's top 500 and industry leading companies accounted for 18%, an increase of 9 percentage points from the previous session.

The comprehensive exhibition area has 41 overseas countries, 6 international organizations, 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities, 5 separate cities, Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, and 33 well-known enterprises and institutions participating in the digital service zone; the overall internationalization rate is 51 %, an increase of 9 percentage points from the previous session.

There are 1212 companies participating in 8 special exhibitions. The world's top 500 and industry leading companies accounted for 23%, an increase of 14 percentage points over the previous exhibition; the overall internationalization rate was 19%, an increase of 10 percentage points over the previous exhibition.

  Yan Ligang said that in addition, 4863 online booths were set up on the digital platform of the Service Trade Fair, and more than 20,000 exhibits information were uploaded.

Various trading groups were formed as scheduled.

The State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council and the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission have respectively established a central enterprise trading group and a central financial enterprise trading group. 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities, 5 cities under separate state planning, and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps have established local trading groups, each of which has organized a total of 5929 Companies participating in the exhibition and negotiating cooperation.

Among them, Beijing has organized 17 trading sub-groups and organized a total of 2,933 enterprises.

  Yan Ligang said that the forum meeting activities are basically determined. The Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Development Research Center of the State Council, the People’s Daily, and the World Tourism Cities Federation will hold 5 summit forums, and various subjects will hold 193 forum meetings and promotion and negotiation activities. Side meeting.

186 important domestic and foreign guests will participate online or offline, and more than 70 well-known domestic and foreign companies will release new technologies, new results and new services.