Rapid Development Of Service Trade Has Become A New Highlight Of China's Foreign Trade.

< p > < strong > new achievements have been achieved in the development of service trade < /strong > /p >
< p > one is the rapid development of service trade. In 1-5 months of 2014, the total import and export volume of our services amounted to US $237 billion 600 million, an increase of 14.5% over the same period last year. Among them, service exports amounted to $94 billion 100 million, an increase of 15.9% over the previous year, and service imports of $143 billion 500 million, an increase of 13.6% over the same period last year. In the first half of the year, the total import and export volume of services will reach about US $285 billion. Import and export of high value-added services increased rapidly. In the 1-5 months, movie audio-visual, financial services, computer and information services, royalties and royalties, advisory services < a href= "http://? www.91se91.com/news/index_c.asp" > Import and export < /a > year-on-year growth of 88.9%, 50.8%, 31.2%, 27.7% and 19.9%, respectively. The deficit in service trade has narrowed. In the 1-5 months, the deficit in service trade was US $49 billion 450 million, an increase of 9.4% over the same period last year. However, the growth rate of export growth in the first five months exceeded the growth rate of service imports for the first time in recent years, and the deficit growth rate showed a narrowing trend. < /p >
< p > two is service trade becoming a new growth point of foreign trade. Since China's accession to the WTO, the scale of China's service trade has expanded rapidly, and the proportion of service trade in foreign trade has continued to rise. Its share in 2011, 2012 and 2013 is 10.3%, 10.8%, 11.5%, respectively. This year, 1-5 months, accounting for 12.4%, an increase of 1.4 percentage points over the same period last year. In the coming period, the scale of trade in services is expected to maintain a relatively fast growth. The growth rate will continue to be faster than that of goods trade. In 2015, it will exceed US $660 billion and will exceed US $1 trillion and 200 billion in 2020. < /p >
< p > three, service trade has become an important channel to solve the problem of College Students' employment. Service trade has a significant contribution to stimulating employment, especially for college students. It is estimated that in the past 2009-2011 years, the service trade in China has led to 1 million 840 thousand, 2 million 90 thousand and 2 million 110 thousand employment respectively. As of the end of May this year, only 5 million 619 thousand employees were employed in China's service outsourcing, of which 2/3 was a university student. < /p >
< p > < strong > more measures to promote < a href= "http:// www.91se91.com/news/index_c.asp" > service trade < /a > Development > /strong > /p >
< p > one is to improve service trade support < a href= "http:// www.91se91.com/news/index_c.asp" > policy < /a >. Taking the development of supporting services trade as an important part of stabilizing the growth of foreign trade, in the opinions of the general office of the State Council on supporting the steady growth of foreign trade ([2014]19), the policy of finance, taxation, finance and facilitation for supporting the development of service trade is put forward, and it will be actively implemented with relevant departments. To promote the implementation of the "zero to tax" and "tax exemption" policy on "expanding the business to increase" industry and expanding export and export services. We should guide policy financial institutions to increase support for key trade projects and service exports. Drafting the guiding opinions on accelerating the development of service trade and formulating the guidance catalogue for key service export areas. < /p >
< p > two is to promote the development of key areas of trade in services. To promote the introduction of the State Council's opinions on accelerating the development of foreign cultural trade (Guo Fa [2014]13), and take the lead in refining the division of labor and implementation plan, promoting the landing of all preferential policies, and establishing the inter departmental working liaison mechanism for foreign cultural trade, together with other departments such as the Central Propaganda Department and the Ministry of finance, to issue 2013-2014 national key cultural export enterprises and key projects, and give financial support. To implement the "reply letter of the general office of the State Council on further promoting the development of service outsourcing industry" (State Office letter [2013]33), we will promote the Suzhou Industrial Park to relax the pilot policy for determining the conditions of advanced technology service enterprises, introduce innovative talents training mechanism, and use export credit to support enterprises undertaking the policy of international service outsourcing, increase the support of financial funds for the development of service outsourcing, and study and formulate guidance documents to promote the development of service outsourcing industry. We should actively implement the technology export discount policy and promote mature industrial technology exports. < /p >
< p > three is to strengthen service trade and promote platform construction. The third China (Beijing) International Trade Fair on services (hereinafter referred to as the Beijing Fair) was successfully held to enhance the internationalization, specialization and marketization of the Beijing trade fair. 153 thousand people from 117 countries and regions participated in the exhibition, and the intention to sign the contract was 81 billion 830 million dollars. Guided by support trade fair, Wen Hui, soft rendezvous, Chongqing summit, China Korea technology exhibition, China (Hongkong) dress fair and so on, the Trade Fair will be developed. A trade fair will be formed with the Beijing rendezvous as the leader and the professional exhibitions as the support. We should actively implement bilateral service trade cooperation agreements with countries such as India, Singapore and the United Kingdom, and promote pragmatic cooperation between relevant departments and enterprises. < /p >