九部门发布促进服务出口“13条”

Core Viewpoint - The Chinese government has introduced a series of policy measures to promote service exports, focusing on financial, tax, and regulatory aspects to enhance the policy environment for service trade [1][2]. Group 1: Policy Measures - The measures include 13 specific initiatives aimed at supporting key areas and projects in service exports through enhanced funding channels [1]. - The government plans to optimize the zero tax rate declaration process for service exports and improve the efficiency of export tax rebate applications [1]. - There is an emphasis on increasing support for export credit insurance and enhancing financial services for small and medium-sized enterprises [1]. Group 2: Service Trade Growth - Service trade has shown strong growth potential, with total service trade imports and exports reaching 45,781.6 billion yuan in the first seven months of the year, reflecting an 8.2% year-on-year increase [2]. - Service exports amounted to 19,983 billion yuan, growing by 15.3%, which is 8 percentage points faster than the growth rate of goods exports during the same period [2].