September 6, 2024 January-July, our country's trade in services continued to grow rapidly, the total import and export of services 2301.8 billion yuan, an increase of 14.7%. Among them, exports 1.7325 trillion yuan, an increase of 12.4%; imports 2.49768 trillion yuan, an increase of 16.4%; service trade deficit 765.18 billion yuan.
On June 13, under the joint witness of Premier Li Qiang of the State Council and Prime Minister Lacson of New Zealand, Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao and Minister of Trade of New Zealand McClay signed an exchange of letters to launch the negative list negotiations on the trade in services of the China-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement. New Zealand is the first developed country to conclude a bilateral free trade agreement with China. The China-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement is the first compr...