商务部：上半年服务进出口总额3.9万亿元，旅行服务出口增长最快

Group 1 - The total service trade import and export in China reached 3.9 trillion yuan in the first half of the year, with a year-on-year growth of 8% [2] - Service exports amounted to 1.7 trillion yuan, growing by 15%, and accounted for 11.5% of total exports, an increase of 0.7 percentage points from the previous year [2] - The fastest-growing sectors in service exports were transportation services, which reached 418.5 billion yuan with a growth of 23.9%, and travel services, which totaled 174.87 billion yuan with a growth of 68.7% [2] Group 2 - Knowledge-intensive service trade showed continued potential, with exports of 865.04 billion yuan, growing by 7.8% [2] - Major contributors to knowledge-intensive service exports included other business services and telecommunications, with exports of 416.33 billion yuan and 377.16 billion yuan, growing by 6.9% and 14.6% respectively [2] - The global service trade is expected to maintain growth, with a projected increase of 4.0% in global service exports by 2025 [3] Group 3 - The travel service import and export scale exceeded 1 trillion yuan in the first half of the year, with a growth rate of 12.3%, and is expected to continue growing rapidly throughout the year [3] - The government plans to implement measures to promote high-quality development in service trade and will introduce policies to enhance service exports in areas such as finance and taxation [3] - Knowledge-intensive service import and export growth is expected to maintain the same level as in the first half of the year [3]