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(Focus Interview): On September 2, the 2021 China International Trade in Services Fair opened in Beijing.
This is the second consecutive year that China has held this important exhibition in the field of trade in services since the outbreak of the new crown epidemic.
The further expansion of the scale of the current service trade fair will also provide more opportunities for international cooperation in service trade.
How important is trade in services?
How will China continue to promote the development of world service trade?
How can the global economic, trade and investment issues affected by the epidemic be promoted?
At the 2021 World Trade in Services Summit, Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a video speech.
Although the speech was brief, it contained a huge amount of information.
This year's China International Trade in Services Fair has the theme of "Digital Opens the Future, Service Promotes Development". From September 2 to September 7, more than 10,000 companies from 153 countries and regions have registered for online and offline exhibitions. .
One year later, the Service Trade Fair once again built a platform and a bridge to allow people from all countries to fully demonstrate new developments and breakthroughs in the field of service trade, and to share the new technologies and new achievements in the development and progress of human society. It also provides a rare opportunity for the development of world trade. Moment of dialogue.
In his opening speech, President Xi Jinping placed high hopes on the service trade fair. With the active participation of all parties, it will become a distinctive and fruitful event.
Service trade is an important part of international trade and an important field of international economic and trade cooperation, and plays an important role in building a new development pattern.
The day before the opening of the Service Trade Fair, Beijing Universal Studios theme park began trial operation and announced that it will officially open on September 20.
At present, the foreign cultural tourism industry has not fully recovered from the impact of the epidemic. Choosing to open the door to welcome guests at this time not only reflects Universal Studios' confidence in the domestic epidemic prevention and control, it is not difficult to see their expectations for China's huge cultural tourism service market. .
The smooth opening of the Universal Studios theme park is behind Beijing's continuous exploration as a pilot city for the expansion of China's service industry.
Service trade, connected to the domestic market at one end and the international market at the other, is an important hub for promoting the mutual promotion of the domestic and international double cycles, and plays an important role in building a new development pattern.
The scale of my country's service trade has remained the second in the world for seven consecutive years, and it has become a major service trade country.
China's e-commerce, information and communication services are also increasingly meeting the needs of domestic and foreign markets.
During the Tokyo Olympics this year, the CCTV broadcast team produced TV public signals for gymnastics, table tennis, badminton, rock climbing and track and field shot put. Due to the addition of China’s 4K/8K OB trucks, 4K was adopted for the first time in the Olympics. Broadcast with ultra-high-definition technology.
In his speech on September 2, President Xi Jinping pointed out that we are willing to work with all parties to adhere to open cooperation, mutual benefit and win-win results, and share new opportunities for the development of service trade, so as to promote the recovery and growth of the world economy.
In his speech, President Xi Jinping put forward four measures-improving the level of openness, expanding cooperation space, strengthening the establishment of rules in the service sector, and continuing to support the innovative development of small and medium-sized enterprises.
It further demonstrates China's determination to pursue higher-quality development, a higher level of openness, and its willingness to share development opportunities with the world.
How to improve the level of openness, President Xi Jinping emphasized that it is necessary to promote the implementation of the cross-border service trade negative list nationwide and explore the establishment of a national service trade innovation development demonstration zone.
On August 26 this year, China’s first cross-border service trade negative list was implemented in the Hainan Free Trade Port. This is the first step taken by Hainan this year after becoming a comprehensive pilot area for expanding the opening up of the service industry.
In the Shougang Park exhibition area of the current service trade fair, a special exhibition of engineering consulting and construction services was set up for the first time this year. The building in the animation of this booth is the Moscow China Trade which will be delivered by the China Construction First Bureau after the construction in the Russian capital Moscow. The center will be operated by Chinese companies after delivery, and hopes to attract Chinese and Russian trading companies to settle in.
How to expand the space for cooperation, President Xi Jinping emphasized that it is necessary to increase support for the development of the service industry in countries under the “Belt and Road” initiative and share the achievements of China’s technological development with the world.
The level of openness is high, the space for cooperation is larger, and the rules for cooperation need to be more clear.
In his speech, President Xi Jinping pointed out that we will strengthen the establishment of rules in the service sector, and support Beijing and other places to carry out the first trial of international high-level free trade agreement rules to create a digital trade demonstration zone.
"Number" is the key word of this year's Service Trade Fair.
Digital trade is a new form of global trade and a new engine for future trade.
On March 31 this year, the Beijing International Big Data Exchange was formally established. This is the first domestic data exchange based on the new trading paradigm of "data available invisible, controllable and measurable". It is positioned to build a leading domestic data trading foundation. Facilities and internationally important data cross-border circulation hubs.
In the modern service industry characterized by the digital economy, many high-quality companies are often not large in scale, and financing difficulties have become a tightrope restricting the development of enterprises.
In his speech, President Xi Jinping pointed out that he will continue to support the innovative development of small and medium-sized enterprises, deepen the reform of the New Third Board, establish the Beijing Stock Exchange, and create a main position for service-innovative small and medium-sized enterprises.
The future service positioning, market operation, investor structure, and main basic institutional arrangements of the Beijing Stock Exchange will all have significant characteristics of small and medium-sized enterprises, which are significantly different from those of the Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges.
It also has characteristics in terms of issuance and listing conditions, trading system, information disclosure, and delisting. Enterprises can make their own choices based on their own development.
At the moment of the epidemic, the world economy, international trade and investment are still facing many difficulties. At the end of the speech, President Xi Jinping provided solutions and proposed suggestions.
As one of the three major exhibition platforms for China's opening to the outside world, the Service Trade Fair has become a leading event in the global service trade field, connecting China and the world together with the Canton Fair and the International Import Expo, and injecting Chinese energy into the world economic growth under the impact of the epidemic .
The holding of the Service Trade Fair has once again proved that China is more and more confident in expanding its high-level opening up, and China's determination to maintain international trade is unwavering.
By persisting in using the "golden key" of peace, development, cooperation, and win-win, China and other countries in the world will undoubtedly unlock more problems and create a better future for the world.