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Service Trade
- How is the work on the negative list of cross-border trade in services in the Hainan Free Trade Port going on now? When is it planned to be launched?(2021-01-21)
- From January to August this year, China's trade deficit in services was halved from the same period last year, down to RMB515.62 billion. What are the reasons for this? What’s MOFCOM’s take on the development of trade in services this year?(2020-10-15)
- What will MOFCOM do to comprehensively advance the pilot work for innovative development of services trade? What roles will relevant government departments and local authorities play respectively? (2020-8-20)
- We have noted that the newly added pilot areas for innovative development of services traded are mainly concentrated in the central and western regions. What are the considerations behind that? What measures will MOFCOM take to promote the development of services trade in the central and western regions in the future? (2020-8-20)
- Since the outbreak, the cross-border movement of people has been blocked, and the import and export of travel services worldwide has been greatly affected. How do you view the development prospect of service trade this year? What new opportunities will the Program bring to the development of service trade? (2020-8-20)
- What new measures are introduced in the pilot areas on removing or easing restrictions on services trade? What will be done specifically regarding the stress test for emerging services trade, and easing or removing restrictive measures in an orderly fashion? (2020-8-20)
- New forms of service trade, with rapid growth and high value-added, have boomed in recent years. Could you give us some examples from the service trade innovation pilot programs? When will the new list of innovation pilots be published? (2020-7-30)
- The Guiding Opinions proposes to support IT outsourcing, especially in such key areas as pharmaceuticals, design, accounting and legal services, and business operation outsourcing will also be supported. Could you please tell us about the development of services outsourcing in these areas? What role will such support play in making China strong in services? Thank you. (2020-1-17)
- As you said, outsourcing is the main form of producer services export. Could you provide more information? Thank you.(2020-1-17)
- It is required in the Guiding Opinions to accelerate digital transformation and establish a number of digital service export bases. What are the considerations behind? Thank you.(2020-1-17)
- On August 12, the General Office of the State Council released the plan of work priorities specified in the national teleconference on deepening reforms to streamline administration, delegate powers, improve regulation and strengthen services and optimizing business environment. The plan, for the first time, proposed to put in place a revised negative list for market access by the end of this September, reduce the number of items on the list, and further ease market access restrictions with the focus on pilot projects in the service sector. What measures will MOFCOM take, and what supporting regulations will MOFCOM adopt to push for the introduction of the negative list? Thank you.(2019-8-22)
- Recently, Suning International, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Suning.com, acquired an 80% stake in Carrefour China for RMB 4.8 billion. Following Tesco and Lotte Mart, Carrefour became another foreign retail giant to leave China. What is MOFCOM’s take on the successive exits of foreign retailers and the advances of online players to offline supermarket business? (2019-6-27)
- Could you brief us on domestic consumption over the May Day mini-holiday?(2019-5-9)
- Starting from Apr. 1st, the VAT on manufacturing, among others, will be reduced from 16% to 13%. As a result, some premium car manufacturers have also cut the prices. We know that cars are a big-ticket item. What is your view of the effect of the measure on boosting car consumption in China? What are other favorable factors for car consumption this year? (2019-4-4)
- The State Council agreed to advance the comprehensive pilot program of further opening up the service sector of Beijing municipality and released the plan. What are the features and priority of the plan? (2019-2-28)