前8个月服务进出口总额增长7.4% 旅行服务出口增长最快

Core Viewpoint - China's service trade has shown steady growth in the first eight months of the year, with a total import and export value of 52,476.9 billion yuan, reflecting a year-on-year increase of 7.4% [1] Group 1: Overall Service Trade Performance - Total service trade exports reached 23,004.4 billion yuan, growing by 14.7% [1] - Total service trade 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] Group 2: Knowledge-Intensive Service Trade - Knowledge-intensive service trade maintained growth, with total imports and exports of 20,250.7 billion yuan, an increase of 6.7% [1] - 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 were 11,784 billion yuan, up by 9.4%, while imports were 8,466.7 billion yuan, increasing by 3.2% [1] - The surplus in knowledge-intensive services expanded by 747 billion yuan to 3,317.3 billion yuan compared to the previous year [1] Group 3: Travel Services - Travel service trade experienced the fastest growth, with total imports and exports reaching 14,481.8 billion yuan, an increase of 8.6% [1] - Travel service exports surged by 57.6%, while imports grew by 2.3% [1]