Several Opinions of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, on Speeding up the Development of Service Industry Rules and Other Measures of the Ministry of Commerce Thursday,June 21,2007 Posted: 16:23 BJT(0823 GMT)  CAITEC To the People’s Governments of all provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the State Council, and all ministries, commissions and directly subordinate authorities under the State Council: In line of the general direction and guidelines for the development of the service sector as determined in the design of the Eleventh Five-Year Plan, the following opinions concerning accelerating the development of the service sector are advanced: 1. Fully recognizing the great significance of accelerating the development of the service sector 2. General requirements and main goals of accelerating the development of the service sector 3. Optimizing the development structure of the service sector 4. Scientifically adjusting the development layout of the service sector 5. Actively developing the service sector in rural areas 6. Raise the opening-up level of the service sector 7. Accelerating the reform in the service sector 8. Enhancing policy support on the service sector 9. Ceaselessly optimizing the development environment of the service sector 10. Strengthening the organization guidance to the development of the service sector State Council March 19, 2007 (All information published in this website is authentic in Chinese. English is provided for reference only. )

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