Ministry of Commerce answers questions from journalists on "Comprehensive Pilot Task of Service Industry Expansion and Opening up in 9 Cities including Dalian"

The person in charge of the Foreign Investment Department of the Ministry of Commerce answered questions from reporters about the "Comprehensive Pilot Task of Opening up the Service Industry in 9 Cities including Dalian". The Ministry of Commerce stated that it encourages Dalian and other 9 cities to carry out differentiated explorations according to local conditions. It encourages each city to formulate personalized tasks based on its own geographical advantages and characteristic industries, forming mismatches in pilot areas, task content, specific implementation paths, etc., promoting complementary and integrated innovation outcomes. For example, supporting Dalian to play a leading role as an international shipping center in Northeast Asia, enriching and improving the construction of shipping and other logistics transportation channels; supporting Ningbo to leverage its advantages in advanced manufacturing and cross-border trade development, promoting the standardized and healthy development of bonded repair new business formats; supporting Xiamen to promote cultural trade facilitation based on key parks and platforms, promoting the facilitation of cultural trade, and promoting service trade cooperation among BRICS countries; supporting Qingdao to strengthen maritime scientific and technological innovation around the construction of a modern marine city, conducting pilot cruises with no specific destination; supporting Shenzhen to optimize and upgrade the functions of free trade accounts, promoting the trial use of electronic bills of lading in the shipping trade field; supporting Hefei to leverage its advantages in scientific and technological innovation and industrial development, deepening reforms in the field of technology services; supporting Fuzhou to further promote exchanges and cooperation between Fujian and Taiwan, strengthening exchanges and cooperation in cross-strait economy, trade, people's livelihood and other fields; supporting Xi'an to conduct a pilot reform of the warehousing and transportation rights of railway bills of lading, strengthening scientific and technological innovation and industrial application; supporting Suzhou to carry out a pilot import of items for biomedical research and development, exploring efficient, convenient, and secure mechanisms for cross-border data flow.