Video | The person in charge of the Department of Service and Trade of the Ministry of Commerce introduced the development of service trade from January to May 2022

From January to May this year, my country's service trade continued to grow steadily. The total amount of service imports and exports was 2365.36 billion yuan (RMB, the same below), a year -on -year increase of 22%; of which service exports were 1151.79 billion yuan, an increase of 26.3%; imports were 1213.57 billion yuan, an increase of 18.2%. The increase in service exports was greater than the import of 8.1 percentage points, driving the service trade deficit 46%to 61.78 billion yuan. In May, my country's total service import and export volume was 456.28 billion yuan, a year -on -year increase of 22.2%. Mainly present the following characteristics:

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Steady -intensive service trade growth increases

From January to May, the import and export of knowledge-intensive services was 988.67 billion yuan, an increase of 10%. Among them, the export of knowledge -intensive services was 560.24 billion yuan, an increase of 13.6%; the areas where exports grew rapidly were telecommunications computers and information services, and other commercial services, with an increase of 18.5%and 13.2%, respectively. Knowledge -intensive service imports were 428.43 billion yuan, an increase of 5.6%; the fields with rapid growth are insurance services, with a growth rate of 74.2%.

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Travel service import and export have recovered

From January to May, the import and export of travel services in my country was 330.84 billion yuan, an increase of 7.7%. Excluding travel services, from January to May, the import and export of services in my country increased by 24.7%, of which exports increased by 28.1%and imports increased by 20.8%. Compared with the same period in 2019, the service import and export increased by 49%, of which exports increased by 65.2%, imports increased by 32.8 32.8 %.

Source: Department of Commerce and Trade

Animation production: Lidan Dan

Repeated school: Liu Xin, Wang Ya, Lidan Dan, Zhang Yingxue

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