The 2025 China International Trade Fair for Trade in Services (Services Fair) opened in Beijing
On September 1, 2025, the highly anticipated China International Trade Fair for Trade in Services (hereinafter referred to as the "Communications for Trade in Services") was grandly opened at the Beijing National Convention Center. As the largest comprehensive exhibition in the field of service trade in the world, this year's Trade in Services is themed "Digital Empowerment, Creating the Future Together", attracting nearly 10,000 enterprises and institutions from more than 150 countries and regions to participate in the exhibition. The number of online and offline participants is expected to exceed one million. The following is a summary of the highlights and structured data of this year's Trade in Services.
1. Exhibition scale and participation status
The exhibition area of this year's Trade in Services has reached 150,000 square meters, and a comprehensive exhibition area, special exhibition area and supporting activity exhibition area are set up, covering 12 major areas such as financial services, digital technology, cultural trade, and health services. The following are the distribution data of the main exhibitors:
| Country/Region | Number of exhibitors | Key areas |
|---|---|---|
| China | 6500+ | Digital technology, cultural trade |
| USA | 1200+ | Financial services, health services |
| EU | 900+ | Green economy, education services |
| Japan | 500+ | Intelligent manufacturing, tourism services |
| ASEAN | 400+ | Cross-border e-commerce and logistics services |
2. Hot Topics and Frontier Trends
This year's Trade in Services focuses on hot fields such as digital economy, green and low carbon, and artificial intelligence. The following are hot topics on the Internet in the past 10 days:
| topic | Discussion popularity (index) | Representative enterprises/institutions |
|---|---|---|
| AI-driven service trade | 958,000 | Huawei, Alibaba, OpenAI |
| Carbon neutrality and green services | 873,000 | Tesla, BYD, United Nations Environment Program |
| Metaverse and Virtual Economy | 765,000 | Meta, Tencent, ByteDance |
| Cross-border data flow and security | 682,000 | China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, IBM, AWS |
3. Important signing and cooperation projects
On the day of the opening ceremony, a number of major cooperation projects were signed and implemented, involving an amount of over 100 billion yuan. The following are some key projects:
| Project name | Partners | Amount (billion yuan) |
|---|---|---|
| Global Digital Trade Infrastructure Alliance | Ministry of Commerce of China, Ministry of Trade and Industry of Singapore | 300 |
| Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Green and Low-Carbon Service Demonstration Zone | Beijing Municipal Government, Hebei Provincial Government | 180 |
| Cross-border payment system upgrade plan | Ant Group, Visa | 150 |
| Construction of AI medical diagnosis platform | Baidu Health, Mayo Clinic | 120 |
4. Future outlook and industry impact
This year's Fair for Trade in Services not only demonstrates the latest achievements in service trade, but also promotes the deep integration of the global industrial chain. Experts predict that by 2030, digital service trade will account for more than 60% of global service trade, and China will continue to play a key role. The mayor of Beijing said at the opening ceremony: "The International Trade in Services will become an important engine to promote global economic recovery and provide more cooperation opportunities for enterprises from all countries."
As the exhibition continues, more innovative achievements and cooperative projects will be announced one after another, injecting new impetus into the development of global service trade.
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