Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, September 8. The 2021 China International Trade in Services (Services Trade Fair) 7 came to an end.

According to overseas sources, under the background of the new crown epidemic, China's insistence on hosting the Service Trade Fair not only provides a new platform for global service trade, but also shares development opportunities with the world. It also opens up new prospects for international cooperation and provides new momentum for the recovery of the world economy.

　　The service trade platform is promising

　　"One conference, two halls", 153 countries and regions, more than 10,000 companies, 1672 achievements... The scale of this session of the Service Trade Fair has been further expanded, the level of internationalization has been improved, and the overall number of achievements and transaction amount have exceeded the previous one, giving full play to The role of a global service trade platform to promote negotiations and cooperation in related industries.

　　Abdul Aziz Shabani, an expert on China issues in Saudi Arabia, said that the form, scale, and innovative technology display of this session of the Service Trade Fair are refreshing. It provides business exchange opportunities for related companies and provides opportunities for service trade practitioners to communicate with each other. Communicate and harvest new partners to create a platform.

　　Dennis Wilkens, the representative of the German Federal Agency for Foreign Trade and Investment in China, said that at the exhibition, the digital business model provides a good opportunity for related companies to directly contact and helps promote the development of enterprises in the service trade industry.

　　Qiu Weigong, chairman of the Thai-China Business Council of Thailand, said that the Service Trade Fair will provide a new platform for trade exchanges between China and the world, and promote the high-quality development of trade between China and ASEAN and the world.

He said that he believes that a series of trade platforms such as the Service Trade Fair will play a role as a benchmark and become a new engine driving the development of China and the world economy.

　　Service trade kinetic energy opportunities are extraordinary

　　In recent years, the role of service trade in global economic growth has become increasingly prominent.

The World Trade Organization predicts that by 2040, service trade will account for one-third of global trade.

As the second largest country in the field of global service trade, China actively holds a service trade conference to share the development momentum of service trade with the world, and jointly draw up prospects for international cooperation.

　　The senior news editor of Cuban National Television, Anneriese Rodríguez, said that the Service Trade Association will facilitate the sharing of service trade experience, facilitate commercial negotiations, and establish a new supply chain.

Mohamed Farahart, director of the Egyptian Pyramid Politics and Strategic Research Center, also said that the Trade Service will create a healthier business and investment environment for the world, attracting all parties to join and seek cooperation.

　　Nicolas Damin, a scholar at the Argentina-China Research Center of the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, said that the FTC is a bridge to strengthen global corporate communication and a showcase for innovative technologies. The high-tech and sophisticated technologies exhibited are expected to provide the world with modern development opportunities. .

　　Huang Chenhong, executive vice president of Europe's largest software company SIAP and president of Greater China, said that the Service Trade Fair will help strengthen the construction of rules in the field of service trade and create a digital trade demonstration zone.

China continues to expand its opening up, enhance cooperation space, further stimulate its own innovation vitality, and promote collaboration and development among all parties.

　　China's contribution to the service trade event

　　The successful holding of this service trade fair has effectively helped companies to strengthen exchanges and cooperation and promote international service trade. It not only reflects the strong driving force and vitality of China's economic development, but also demonstrates China's belief in helping the world economy recover, adhering to globalization and multilateralism.

　　The chairman of the Asian Innovation Research Center of Indonesia and the chairman of the Indonesia-ASEAN Nanyang Foundation, Bambang Suryono, said that in the context of the weakening of global service trade demand due to the epidemic, the holding of the Service Trade Fair will help boost global service-related companies And consumer confidence, providing important support for the recovery of the world economy.

　　Nasser Buschba, chairman of the Moroccan-Africa-China Cooperation and Development Association, believes that China's holding of the Service Trade Fair is to defend the smoothness and fairness of international trade with practical actions in the post-epidemic era, and let the outside world feel China's firm determination and innovative measures to help the world economy recover.

　　Ruben Herrero, president of the Argentine National Association of Technology, said that in recent years, China has continuously held large-scale exhibitions such as the Service Trade Fair, which reflects China's determination to continuously expand its opening up and strengthen cooperation with the world, and will help the world economy to get rid of the epidemic at an early date. Negative impact.

(Text reporters: Wang Jiawei, Wang Haizhou, Zhu Sheng, Ming Dajun, Lin Zhaohui, Wu Danni, Ni Ruijie, Shen Zhonghao, Yu Qianliang, Zheng Shibo, Chen Ying, Li Liangyong; Video reporters: Lu Yingxu, Shang Hao, reporter Nick Kolyohin, Liang Xizhi, Sun Xiaoling, reporter Ma Shiwen, Ni Ruijie; Editing: Xie Binbin; Editor: Fan Yu, Chen Xuanlei, Li Jie, Xu Chao, Xu Jiatong, Xie Binbin, Cheng Dayu, Ma Xiaoyan)

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