前8个月服务进出口总额增长7.4%

Core Insights - China's service trade has shown steady growth from January to August this year, with a total import and export value of 52,476.9 billion yuan, representing a year-on-year increase of 7.4% [1] Summary by Categories Overall Service Trade - The total service trade export reached 23,004.4 billion yuan, growing by 14.7%, while imports amounted to 29,472.5 billion yuan, with a growth of 2.3% [1] - The service trade deficit was 6,468.1 billion yuan, which is a reduction of 2,280.7 billion yuan compared to the same period last year [1] Knowledge-Intensive Service Trade - Knowledge-intensive service trade maintained growth, with a total import and export value of 20,250.7 billion yuan, increasing by 6.7% [1] - Specific segments such as other business services and telecommunications, computer, and information services had import and export values of 8,547.2 billion yuan and 7,131 billion yuan, with growth rates of 3.6% and 10.8% respectively [1] - Knowledge-intensive service exports reached 11,784 billion yuan, up by 9.4%, while imports were 8,466.7 billion yuan, growing by 3.2% [1] - The surplus in knowledge-intensive services expanded to 3,317.3 billion yuan, an increase of 747 billion yuan year-on-year [1] Travel Services - Travel services experienced the fastest growth, with total import and export value reaching 14,481.8 billion yuan, marking an increase of 8.6% [1] - Travel service exports surged by 57.6%, while imports grew by 2.3% [1]