Xi Jinping made an important instruction on the development of the service industry, emphasizing the need to highlight demand-driven reform, tackle difficulties, empower technology, and promote openness and cooperation, striving to create a new situation of high-quality development of the service industry. Li Qiang attended the National Service Industry Conference and delivered a speech. Ding Xuexiang made a concluding speech.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, President of the country, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission Xi Jinping recently made important instructions on the development of the service industry, pointing out that since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, the scale of China's service industry has steadily expanded, and its quality and effectiveness have continued to improve, playing an important role in supporting industrial upgrading, meeting the needs of the people's livelihood, and driving employment expansion. Xi Jinping emphasized that in the new journey, we must adhere to the guidance of socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era, comprehensively implement the new development concept in a complete, accurate, and comprehensive manner, emphasize demand-driven, reform-oriented, technology-enabled, and open cooperation, deeply implement actions to enhance and improve the service industry, promote productivity service industry specialization and high-end extension of the value chain, promote high-quality, diverse, and convenient development of consumer service industry, cultivate more "Chinese service" brands, and strive to create a new situation of high-quality development in the service industry. The National Service Industry Conference was held in Beijing on April 7th to 8th. The important instructions of Xi Jinping were conveyed at the meeting. Li Keqiang, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Premier of the State Council, attended the meeting and delivered a speech, while Ding Xuexiang, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council, made a concluding speech. In his speech, Li Keqiang pointed out that General Secretary Xi Jinping's important instructions have profoundly elucidated the significance, important principles, and key tasks of developing the service industry, possessing strong ideological, guiding, and targeted features, providing further directions for relevant work. We must conscientiously study and implement them, deepen our understanding of the service industry from a strategic and overall perspective, adhere to both enhancing capacity and quality, as well as coordinating development and supervision, promote the high-quality and efficient development of the service industry, and ensure that it is vigorous, healthy, and orderly. Li Keqiang emphasized the need to adapt to changes in population structure, the upgrading of consumption structure, and the transformation of industrial structure, focusing on key areas of production and life, promoting the development of the service industry in a layered and classified manner, continuously cultivating new growth points in the service industry, enhancing the level of digitalization, standardization, integration, and internationalization of the service industry development. Around the basic needs of residents' daily life, promote more inclusive and high-quality services for basic needs. Around the pursuit of high-quality living by residents, expand and upgrade services. Around the diversified consumption demands of residents, provide personalized services in a refined manner. Around the professional and high-end R&D and design, accelerate the growth of technology services. Centered on value enhancement in the production process, vigorously develop advanced manufacturing services. Centered on realizing market value, focus on improving the level of supporting professional services. Li Keqiang stressed the need to promote work through reform and innovation. Businesses should grasp the trends in industrial evolution, adhere to flexible management while maintaining effective control, actively expand opening up, further enhance the targeted effectiveness of policy support, and create a good environment for the development of the service industry. All departments and localities should establish and follow a correct view of political achievements, strengthen coordination and cooperation, strive to explore innovation, and jointly compose a new chapter in the high-quality and efficient development of the service industry.