商务部原副部长魏建国：服务消费是扩内需的新质生产力

Core Viewpoint - The emphasis on service consumption as a key driver for expanding domestic demand, focusing on new breakthroughs, effectiveness, and benefiting people's livelihoods [1][3] Group 1: Current Market Outlook - The overall consumption market is in a slow and fluctuating transition period, with a recovery in growth rates but not yet fully meeting expectations [1] - The transformation of the market is characterized by three main features: the increasing importance of service consumption, collaborative efforts in digitalization, personalization, refinement, and branding, and rural consumption growth outpacing urban areas [1] Group 2: New Productive Forces - The core and essence of new productive forces are encapsulated in three dimensions: "new," "effect," and "benefit" [2] - "New" refers to the use of digital technology in service consumption, breaking down barriers and enabling smart transmission, exemplified by the shift from daily to minute-based cross-border payment settlements [2] - "Effect" highlights how service consumption activates deeper demand through high-end technology, as seen in a Shenzhen electric vehicle company's optimization of battery management systems through German consulting services [2] Group 3: Benefits to Livelihoods - Service consumption represents a comprehensive upgrade in the quality of life for the public, acting as a tool for benefiting livelihoods and enhancing the domestic market [3] - The current focus is on a critical battle for expanding domestic demand, with service consumption being a vital tool for achieving breakthroughs in this area [3]