Mofcom: Total import and export of service trade increased by 10% this year

Commercial News (trainee reporter Hanyu) "strive to achieve 2010 years of total import and export service trade growth of about 10%, the service trade deficit has decreased compared with last year."　　"In view of the decline in total service trade and the significant increase in the deficit last year, the Ministry of Commerce proposed to increase the development of service trade." China's trade in services exports fell by 6% in 2009, the first reduction in imports and exports since 2001, according to statistics released yesterday by the Ministry of Commerce.　　Exports of 128.6 billion U.S. dollars, down 12.2% year-on-year, imports of 158.2 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of 0.1% per cent, a deficit of 29.6 billion U.S. dollars, compared with the 2008 significant increase.　　The Ministry of Commerce said that the next step will be to establish a sound policy and regulatory system for trade in services, promote key areas of service exports, expand exports to promote new areas, and support mature industrial technology exports. In the face of the lower base last year, why was the Commerce Department so cautious in setting the target for trade in services this year? "The development of trade in services is a long-term trend, but the promotion and promotion work in this area is rather complex."　　"The Ministry of Commerce Research Institute of Transnational Operations deputy director carefully said," and the trade in goods, service trade model complex, involving a wide range of areas, according to the WTO classification of nearly 160 sub-industries, these industries are difficult to adopt a single policy or measures to support. It is well thought that the development of service trade in China still has some problems, such as shortage of talents, poor software and hardware foundation, lack of professional education, and further strengthening in telecommunication network, legal environment, business information environment and intellectual property protection.