服务贸易繁荣发展迎来重大机遇

Great opportunities for the prosperity and development of trade in services

关键提示总体来看,服务贸易开放环境的建设主要从两个方面着手:一是地域维度的横向拓展,主要体现在我国多个自由贸易试验区在服务贸易方面的有益尝试;二是行业维度的纵向挖掘,主要体现在服务贸易领域的顶层设计以及相关政策的出台。我国虽然是货物贸易大国,但国际运输服务竞争力不足,2019年运输服务贸易逆差达590亿美元。究其原因,一方面是我国贸易主体运输权旁落,产业链相关方融合度不够,供应链上下游缺乏合作;另一方面是我国运输服务国际网络布局不完善,服务单一,企业主体经营效率不高,受制于体制机制和政策等因素。

At present,after decades of development,China’s service industry has become the pillar industry of the national economy,playing a vital role in attracting domestic employment,improving the foreign trade structure,promoting foreign trade and foreign investment.Since 2014,China has been the world’s second largest service trader for six consecutive years.In 2019,China’s total import and export of services reached$785 billion,accounting for 6.6 percent of the world’s total trade in services.Service trade has become the key area of China’s future economic and trade development.Although China is a big trader in goods,its international transport services are not competitive enough,with a trade deficit in transport services reaching US$59 billion in 2019.The reasons are as follows:on the one hand,China’s main trade body’s transport right is neglected,and its discourse power is not high;on the other hand,China’s transport service international network layout is not perfect,and the main airline enterprise’s operation efficiency is not high,subject to the system,mechanism and policy and other factors.It can be foreseen that,in the future through a series of opening measures,optimizing industry regulation,promoting the transformation and upgrading traditional areas,China’s transport service industry will be in more open and convenient environment to participate in international competition.