Service Sector and Building China into a Leader in Trade
——A Summary of Expert Viewpoints of the Sixth Summit Forum on Expanding and Opening up
(School of Economy,Beijing Technology and Business University,Beijing 100048,China)
Abstract:The 14th five- year plan puts forward to build a new development paradigmfeaturing dual circulation,in which domestic and overseas markets reinforce each other,with the domestic market as the mainstay.It is to make use of both the domestic and international markets and resources,perfect many aspects of the integration of internal and external trades, including regulation mechanism,laws and regulations.And the most critical thing is the standard problem to really get through the integration of internal and external trades.China should take industrial transformation and upgrading as the support to further strengthen the new competitive advantages of exports.To promote the formation of a strong domestic market as the fundamental, China should further expand imports,and promote the structural optimization of imports.At the same time,China also should focus on the high-quality development of the Belt and Road,create new space for improving the quality and efficiency of trade, and further accelerate efforts to build China into a strong trading country.At present,the construction of the free trade zones in each place has its own characteristics during the process of expanding and opening up of China's service industry.From the macro viewpoint,the regional positioning of the free trade zones is typically different.;from the medium viewpoint,the current focus is mainly to promote the free trade zones to become a gathering place for high- end industries and new forms of business,and further to form an important support for the stability and improvement of the overall industrial chain and supply chain in the region as well as the upgrading of industrial structure;and from the micro viewpoint,the construction of the free trade zones has formed a variety of innovative measures,so far there have been more than 260 specific innovation cases,which have been well promoted and copied,and Beijing is building a high-level of both comprehensive demonstration zone for expanding and opening-up of the national service industry and Beijing pilot free trade zone.Under the new development pattern of dual circulation,China's urbanization,aging,informatization,servitization and internationalization have become the new driving forces for consumption growth,and the first driving force for that is to accelerate the reform of income distribution,increase residents' income,and promote residents' consumption.
Key words:dual circulation;service industry;expanding and opening-up;the construction of free trade zone;strong trade