CCTV News: On April 18, the Ministry of Commerce of China issued the "Comprehensive Pilot Work Plan for Accelerating the Expansion of Opening-up of the Service Industry" and a list of comprehensive pilot tasks for expanding the opening-up of the Service Industry in a new round, further giving full play to the role of pilot areas as pioneering and piloting, and promoting the acceleration and increase of service industry opening-up. Some experts said that expanding the opening up of the service industry is not only a realistic need for China to integrate into the world economy at a higher level and deeper level, but also an objective need for China to open up at a high level.

The "Work Plan" mainly includes three aspects: First, accelerate the pace of pilot implementation. The pilot tasks will be promoted in pilot areas that meet the conditions to improve the efficiency of the pilot work. The second is to expand the scope of the pilot. Nine cities including Dalian, Ningbo, Xiamen, Qingdao, Shenzhen, Hefei, Fuzhou, Xi'an and Suzhou will be included in the pilot scope. The third is to increase the intensity of stress testing and replication promotion. The open and innovative measures involving the service industry proposed by various departments will give priority to pilot areas and carry out stress tests. According to the risk level of the pilot task, timely copy and promote it within the corresponding scope.

Zhang Wei, deputy director of the Institute of International Trade and Economic Cooperation of the Ministry of Commerce, said: "The development achievements of manufacturing are obvious to all, but from the perspective of enhancing the country's overall competitiveness, expanding the opening up of the service industry and promoting the integration of the "two industries" is actually a very useful exploration to further enhance my country's development level."

The "Task List" proposes 155 pilot tasks in 14 aspects, including supporting the open development of telecommunications services and related digital industries, improving the level of opening up and service guarantee in the field of medical and health care, promoting international cooperation in the field of finance, enhancing the innovative vitality of the commerce, trade, culture and tourism, and enhancing the international competitiveness of the integration of the "two industries".

Zhang Wei said: "This time, we actually directly pointed out the opening of some industries that are urgently needed to be expanded, such as telecommunications, medical care, and finance. These are some key and difficult areas that need to be broken through in the current opening of the service industry."

In the next step, the Ministry of Commerce will work with relevant departments to strengthen guidance and coordination and promotion, organize supervision and evaluation work, promote the implementation of pilot tasks, and play a demonstration and leading role in the openness, innovation and development of the service industry in the country.