“Ningbo’s trade in goods has always been loud throughout the country. By contrast, service trade seems to be invisible.” The person in charge of the Municipal Bureau of Commerce smiled, “Therefore, we are going to Beijing to show the world our service trade in Ningbo.”
On August 31, the 2021 China International Trade in Services Fair (hereinafter referred to as the Fair) will be opened in Beijing. As one of the three major exhibition platforms for China’s opening up to the outside world, and also the largest comprehensive exhibition in the field of global service trade, the theme of this service trade fair is “Digital opens the future, services promote development”. It will start with the digital economy and digital trade, build an international exchange and cooperation platform in the field of services, and further promote cooperation dialogue, policy coordination and experience exchange.
It is reported that Ningbo has sent a total of 13 representative enterprises to participate in the exhibition, involving seven business areas, including port and shipping services, information technology services, management consulting services, cultural trade services, biological medicine research and development, international education services and cross-border e-commerce services. The 13 enterprises will join hands in Ningbo exhibition area to focus on the cutting-edge trends and jointly demonstrate Ningbo’s high-quality service trade.
The exhibitors include Ningbo Nottingham University, which has become a shining card to show our city’s international education service level, as the veteran of many service trade fairs and the model of Chinese foreign cooperative universities; There are Ningbo Ocean Shipping Co., Ltd. and Ningbo Port Southeast Logistics Co., Ltd. The two companies will focus on showing how relevant enterprises in our city adjust the transport structure under strong pressure, activate the growth momentum, and strive to start a new journey of high-quality development of ports and shipping. In this year’s turbulent international trade environment, as an important part of the domestic big cycle and the domestic and international double cycle, the port and shipping transport service industry has received much attention from all walks of life for its service level improvement.
At present, although the exhibition has not been opened, the related project reserve work has been ahead. The person in charge of the Ningbo Group said that at present, our city’s trading group has already pre prepared 18 projects totaling 15 million dollars, involving biological medicine, information technology, construction engineering, port and shipping transportation, cultural trade, industrial design, technology import and export, international education and other fields. Major projects include: pharmaceutical R&D service projects of Kanglong Huacheng (Ningbo) Technology Development Co., Ltd. and Pharmaron Company in the United States; Digital marketing service project between Ningbo Keyou Information Technology Co., Ltd. and New Zealand united media solution limited; The overall integration project of stage equipment design, installation, commissioning and maintenance between Zhejiang Dafeng Industrial Co., Ltd. and The Executive Pastor of The Kingdom of Jesus Christ the Name Above Every Name Inc. of the Philippines; The supply chain service project between Ningbo Port Southeast Logistics Group Co., Ltd. and SOUTH EAST WORLD WIDE LTD.
In addition, in order to better promote the “Ningbo service”, our city has organized relevant enterprises to actively participate in the selection of service demonstration cases for the 2021 International Trade in Services Fair, and has recommended and reported four service demonstration cases, including the innovative comprehensive service project of Lego public overseas warehouse, the overall integration of Dafeng Industrial Stage, the digital marketing solution of Keyou Information, and the global trade channel. At present, the organizing committee is in the process of selection.
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(Contributed by Ningbo Municipal Commission of Commerce)