Interview: The dazzling service trade highlights China's economic toughness -Cai Weicai, senior vice president of visiting Thailand, Thailand, Thailand

Xinhua News Agency, Bangkok, August 31st: The service trade highlights China's economic toughness -Cai Weicai, senior vice president of visiting Thailand, Thailand, Thailand

Xinhua News Agency reporter Song Yu

Cai Weicai, senior vice president of Kaitai Bank of Thailand, said in an exclusive interview with Xinhua News Agency that in the context of the global economic downturn and the repeated new crown epidemic, China's service imports and exports in the first half of this year still exceeded 20%, highlighting China's economic toughness.

According to data from the Ministry of Commerce of China, China's service trade remained rapidly in the first half of the year, and the total service import and export volume was 289.109 billion yuan, a year -on -year increase of 21.6%. During the same period, the import and export of knowledge -intensive services increased by 9.8%, of which telecommunications computer and information service exports increased by 16.3%. Cai Weicai said that the steady growth of China's knowledge -intensive service trade in the first half of the year is a pleasing phenomenon that shows that the gold content and added value of China's exports have been higher.

The 2022 China International Services Trade Fair (service trade association) is scheduled to be held in Beijing from August 31st to September 5th. Cai Weicai said that the current epidemic is repeated, and the global economic recovery is facing many challenges. As an international exhibition that focuses on service trade, the service trade will provide a rare trading platform for global service trade, which is of great significance for driving service trade growth, China Unicom's domestic and international dual cycles, and has a positive role in promoting the service trade between various countries.

Cai Weicai said that since the end of last year, China has held China International Import Expo, China Import and Export Commodity Fair, and China International Consumer Products Expo. The holding of the service trade will once again reflect that China is committed to promoting higher levels of opening up and firmly supporting the multilateral trade system.

He pointed out that as the second largest economy in the world, China actively promotes international trade, further opens up the domestic market, allows countries around the world to share the dividends of China's economic development, and make important contributions to the world economic recovery during the post -epidemic period.

He said that the industry's focus on the industry is widely related to people's livelihood. The service industry is an important part of Thailand's economy. The service trade will provide rare opportunities for related Thai industry businesses. Through this platform, Thai companies will obtain more market information, learn from their peers, seek opportunities for cooperation, and expand business opportunities.

[Editor in charge: Xue Tao]

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