Summary: Open, innovated, green -overseas exhibition representatives in the eyes of the service trade meeting

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, September 6th. Summary: Open, innovated, green -overseas exhibition representatives in the eyes of the service trade meeting

Xinhua News Agency reporter Miao Peiyuan Ma Yi

The China International Services Trade Fair (Service Fair) closed on the 5th in 2022. The number, internationalization, transaction scale, and audiences of the number of companies participating in the conference of the service conference exceeded the level of the previous session. Overseas exhibitors said in an interview with Xinhua News Agency that open, innovative and green service trade will make greater contributions to the development of the world's service trade.

As a microcosm of China's promotion of high -level opening to the outside world, the service trade will become an important platform for global service trade practitioners to communicate with each other and harvest new partners. According to data from the Ministry of Commerce, since 2012, China's service trade imports and exports have maintained a rapid growth momentum, with an average annual growth rate of 6.1%, a global growth rate of 3.1 percentage points, and the total service trade has ranked second in the world for eight consecutive years.

A total of 71 countries and international organizations this year have set up exhibitions in the name of the country or headquarters, an increase of 13 more than the previous session. Among them, 10 countries such as the UAE, Switzerland, Italy, Australia, and other 10 countries set up in the name of the country for the first time.

Tourism Counselor of the Philippine Embassy in China Elwin Fernandezdes Balane said that the Philippines has participated in the exhibition for three consecutive years. Relations and cooperation provide opportunities.

Australian Australian Embassy's Counselor Andrew Carter said that China is an important trading partner in Australia. Many Australian companies are quite successful in exporting to the Chinese market. Australian companies will continue to invest in China.

The "Digital Trade Development and Cooperation Report" released by the service conference shows that China's digital trade has developed rapidly, and its scale and growth rate are at the forefront of the world. In 2021, the total value of digital services in China reached 359.69 billion US dollars, an increase of 22.3%, accounting for 43.2%of the service import and export.

Behind China's flourishing development is the rapid growth of the digital economy. According to a report issued by the China Institute of Information and Communication, China's digital economy scale reached 4.55 trillion yuan in 2021, an increase of 16.2%, accounting for 39.8%of the GDP.

The Argentine Embassy in China, business counselor of China, believes that the digital economy is very important. It can be seen in the new crown epidemic that the higher the digital industry, the stronger the ability to resist risks.

The Chief Representative of the Beijing Office of the Italian Foreign Trade Commission, Zhan Paul Bruno, said that the digital economy is a new trend, and China is at the forefront of technology in this regard. The Italian party hopes to establish partnership with China to strengthen friendship and cooperation in Italy.

The theme of this year's service and trade will be "service cooperation to promote the development of green innovation and welcoming the future". The new environmental service exhibition with an area of ​​16,700 square meters has comprehensively displayed ecological environmental protection, green energy -saving technology and applications.

Barane said that green innovation is an important theme of this year's service and trade association. Now everyone has begun to use technology to protect our planet more consciously. China holds such a service trade meeting.

Business Counselor Joseph Katin, the Embassy in China, said that people need to work together at carbon neutrality and hope that the theme of the service trade will keep it on the theme of "green".

Source: Xinhua News Agency

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