How can China exert its strength in the fields of 63.5%of the global service trade?

"In the case of relatively sluggish global economy, the engine function of trade growth, especially digital trade, is constantly improving and huge development space; innovative development of digital trade is of great significance to build a new development pattern and build a modern economic system ... "At the Digital trade development trend and cutting -edge summit forum in 2022, experts and scholars in the field of digital trade at home and abroad expressed their views on issues such as digital trade development, rules, and cooperation. "".

The engine function of digital trade is continuously improved

The new crown epidemic has hit the global economy, and international trade is the hardest hit area. However, it is also the first to affect the epidemic.

Data show that in 2021, China's imports and exports have once again won various indicators. In 2021, GDP increased by 8.1%, investment increased by 4.9%, and consumption increased by 12.5%. However, foreign trade increased by 21.4%, doubled in consumption, 5 times to investment growth, 3 times the growth of GDP. Globally, global trade has grown five times higher than the global GDP growth. The international trade recovery in the global economic recovery is also significantly faster than GDP. The performance of digital service trade is particularly prominent. Growth, digital parts in productive service trade account for the main position.

"From the perspective of structure, no matter whether it is commodity trade or service trade, digital -related trade growth is the fastest, especially in the two years after the epidemic." Trade itself has a strong growth and has become a powerful engine of the global economic recovery, of which digital trade performance is outstanding. "

"Digital trade, as an important part of the digital economy, is a new business and new model of foreign trade in the digital economy era. It is an important link connecting the domestic and international digital markets." Sheng Qiuping, deputy minister of the Ministry of Commerce, said that the digital trade is innovative and developed. It is conducive to promoting the fast flow of data, technology, capital and other factors, which is conducive to the reconstruction of organizational models, break the limitation of time and space, extend the industrial chain, enhance the traditional industry, and will be of great significance for building a new development pattern and building a modern economic system. Essence

The Chinese government attaches great importance to the development of digital trade. In 2021, China's digital service trade was 2.33 trillion yuan, an increase of 14.4%year -on -year; of which digital service exports were 1.26 trillion yuan, an increase of 18%. In the first half of this year, China's digital service trade was 1.2 trillion yuan, a year -on -year increase of 9.8%; of which digital service exports were 682.8 billion yuan, an increase of 13.1%.

Undoubtedly, digital trade is becoming an important force for China to promote innovation and development of foreign trade.

my country has favorable conditions for digital trade development

According to statistics from the United Nations Trade Conference, global digital service trade accounts for 63.5%of the global service trade, but China's digital service trade accounts for only 44%of China's service trade.

"On the whole, my country's service trade development is relatively slow, and it does not have relatively competitive advantages. The advantages of Chinese commodity trade are higher than the relative advantages of service trade. However, my country has favorable conditions for the development of digital service trade." Jiang Xiaojuan said.

In Jiang Xiaojuan's view, China's digital consumer market is large, data is updated, and the industrial foundation is good. The number of netizens in my country is the largest in the world. There are 1.18 billion mobile Internet monthly use households. The per capita network use time is ranked at the forefront of the world. The daily mobile Internet time is nearly 7 hours. These users provide a total of about 8 billion hours of mobile terminal time per day. The large -scale digital consumer market has enabled the domestic digital industry to obtain dual advantages in the simultaneous economic and competitive effects. At the same time, the infrastructure of my country's digital trade development is very developed. As of April this year, my country opened 1.615 million 5G base stations, accounting for more than 60%of the world's 5G base stations. Such a huge -scale digital consumer market can be comparable.

"my country's industrial foundation, market size, and corporate competitiveness provide a good foundation for the development of digital service trade." Jiang Xiaojuan said, "Therefore, it is necessary to accelerate the development of digital service trade and provide new momentum for China's economic development."

Actively do the contributor of the construction of digital trade rules

The construction of the global digital trade rules system is becoming a new frontier of the game of great powers. Traditional service trade rules have matured, but digital trade is a new track.

Huang Xianhai, vice president of Zhejiang University, pointed out that the construction of the global digital trade rules has ushered in new opportunities, which is mainly reflected in four aspects: first, the new generation of information and communication technology drives the digital economy, and the other is that digital trade has become a global economic growth and high high economic growth and high high The new engine and new driving force for quality development, the third is the construction of the global digital trade rules system into a new issue of the international community, and the fourth is that my country attaches great importance to the development of digital economy and digital trade.

At present, the world's major international institutions have different attention to digital trade, and the global unified system has not been formed by digital trade rules.

"China's digital trade is at the forefront of the world, and relevant departments and local governments are also taking a number of measures to cultivate the digital economy and develop digital trade. Therefore, we should make positive contributions in the construction of digital trade rules." Huang Xianhai said, "China is urgentIt is necessary to take positive actions in its own system construction and global rules. Select the free trade test area with stress test conditions and capabilities to carry out pressure tests to form a digital trade first test effect, provide experience for China to participate in global governance, and open up to promote the construction of openness.The type of world economy and human destiny provides open cooperation cornerstone. "Sheng Qiuping said that the Ministry of Commerce will focus on promoting digital trade innovation development at a higher level, strengthening top -level design, and promoting the introduction of digital trade policies; strengthening platform construction, cultivating cultivationThe good ecology of digital trade development; strengthen the docking of rules and promote higher levels of opening up; strengthen international cooperation and create an international environment that promote digital trade.

Article: "China News" reporter Zhang Lijuan

Responsible: Xu Hao

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