China will work to further develop consumer services to support high-quality economic development, according to a press conference held in Beijing on Friday, where officials briefed on a recently-released guideline.
During the briefing, Tang Wenhong, assistant minister of commerce, said the guideline, which was made public on Aug 3, set out 20 key tasks in six aspects including tapping the potential of basic consumption, stimulating the vitality of improved consumption, cultivating and expanding new consumption, enhancing the momentum of service consumption, optimizing the service consumption environment, and strengthening policy guarantees.
"Practical measures are proposed in areas closely related to people's life, such as catering and accommodation, domestic services, elderly care and childcare, entertainment and tourism, education and sports, residential services, and health services," he said.
"(The guideline) highlights green, digital and health (service) consumption, and calls for efforts to accelerate the cultivation of new growth points in service consumption. At the same time, the guideline also proposes supporting measures such as strengthening fiscal and taxation support, consolidating talent cultivation, and improving statistical monitoring to better meet people's growing needs for a better life," Tang continued.
China moves to advance high-quality development of service consumption
China moves to advance high-quality development of service consumption
