BEIJING, Sept. 22,
2024 /CNW/ -- The 2024 China International Fair
for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) concluded in Beijing on Monday, achieving fruitful results
in various fields and injecting more vitality into global economic
growth.
By the noon of Monday, the five-day service trade fair had made
nearly 1,000 achievements and attracted about 242,000 visitors.
About 111 companies and institutions, including Fortune Global
500 companies and industry leaders, released a total of 219
achievements in the fields of digitalization, artificial
intelligence (AI), healthcare, etc., a surge of 80 compared with
the previous session.
In 2023, global digital service trade reached 4.25 trillion U.S. dollars in 2023, an increase
of 9 percent year on year, becoming a prominent highlight in the
development of services trade.
The 2024 CIFTIS focused on new trends in the development of
trade in services, with AI and innovation-driven development being
the key words.
Wu Tian, vice president of Baidu,
noted that in the future, more service industries and application
scenarios will rely on AI technologies to achieve innovative
development.
At present, new technologies and applications in the field of
services trade are quickening the pace to integrate with social
life and production, which is conductive to constantly open up new
space for foreign trade development, said Pang Chaoran, associate
researcher of the Chinese Academy of International Trade and
Economic Cooperation under the Ministry of Commerce (MOC).
It is learned that over 80 countries and international
organizations held exhibitions and conferences at the fair, with 13
of them setting up independent offline exhibitions for the first
time, showcasing their local traditional culture.
From a global perspective, cultural trade has great potential
for development, said Pan, adding that the CIFTIS has built a
platform and bridge for the high-quality development of cultural
trade and activated a new engine for the development of services
trade.
In addition, this year's CIFTIS helps enterprises build a big
circle of friends for win-win cooperation.
Participating in the fair for the fifth time this year,
Schneider Electric reached a new cooperation with Chinese
steelmaker Jingye Group at the fair.
Xu Shaofeng, senior vice president of Schneider Electric, said
that the company established a services business center in
China and will sign service
cooperation agreements with more Chinese partners.
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