Core Viewpoint - The recent policy measures released by the Ministry of Commerce and nine other departments aim to expand service consumption as a crucial support for improving people's livelihoods and a key direction for consumption transformation and upgrading [1][3]. Group 1: Policy Highlights - The policy measures are characterized by "three persistences": combining benefits for people's livelihoods with promoting consumption, optimizing supply while stimulating demand, and balancing external openness with internal liberalization [3]. - Specific measures include accelerating the establishment of long-term care insurance, increasing the supply of quality resources in cultural tourism and sports, and expanding pilot programs in telecommunications, healthcare, and education [3]. Group 2: Actions to Promote Service Consumption - Multiple departments are focusing on providing high-quality consumption supply and expanding consumer demand to strengthen service consumption [7]. - The National Development and Reform Commission will promote the application of artificial intelligence in service consumption, increase the supply of skilled service personnel, and eliminate market entry barriers while supporting projects in elderly care, cultural tourism, and sports [7]. - The People's Bank of China has established a 500 billion yuan service consumption and elderly care relending program to guide financial institutions in increasing credit investment in key areas of service consumption and the elderly care industry [7]. Group 3: Future Initiatives - The Ministry of Commerce plans to implement various strategies to promote high-quality development of service consumption, including policy issuance, cultivating integrated consumption scenarios, and guiding local events [11]. - To address the significant trade deficit in inbound consumption, there is a need to optimize visa exemption policies and enhance the convenience of inbound tourism, medical care, and study [11]. - As the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival approach, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism will launch quality products, special activities, and discount measures, including a nationwide cultural tourism consumption month with over 330 million yuan in consumption subsidies [11].
新华全媒+|九部门推动服务消费升级,你的生活将有这些新变化!
Xin Hua Wang·2025-09-18 09:50