[Ding Xuexiang attended the 2026 Global Services Trade Summit and met with participating foreign dignitaries] On September 10, 2026, the Global Services Trade Summit was held in Beijing. Ding Xuexiang, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council, attended and delivered a keynote speech. Ding Xuexiang pointed out that service trade is an important part of international trade and plays an increasingly important role in promoting world economic growth and industrial upgrading. President Xi Jinping has repeatedly delivered important video speeches at the Global Trade in Services Summit or sent congratulatory letters to the Council for Trade in Services, announcing pragmatic measures to deepen open cooperation in the service sector, fully demonstrating China's firm determination to expand high-level opening up and its initiative and responsibility to promote the development of the global service industry and service trade. China actively promotes the development of service trade, deepens and expands the opening up of the service sector, continues to expand the scale of service trade, and continues to optimize its structure, bringing more new opportunities to countries and companies around the world. Ding Xuexiang said that the current international economic and trade pattern is accelerating the restructuring, vigorously developing service trade and promoting open cooperation in the service industry are not only China's choice, but also the need of the world. He made three suggestions: First, promote service trade to a new level with high-quality development of the service industry. Improve the quality, efficiency and innovation capabilities of the service industry, promote the mutual promotion of the service industry and service trade, and better support the economic and social development of various countries. The second is to expand new space for the development of trade in services through inclusiveness and joint progress. Adhere to the guidance of openness, reduce barriers to the cross-border flow of factors, continue to improve the level of liberalization and facilitation of service trade, and promote the steady and long-term development of service trade on the road of fairness and universal benefit. The third is to use digital intelligence to create a new engine for the development of trade in services. Strengthen the sharing of digital technologies and services such as artificial intelligence, promote the interconnection of digital infrastructure, and inject strong impetus into the development of trade in services. Yin Li, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Secretary of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee, attended the summit and delivered a speech. President Ndayishimiye of Burundi, Vice President Chiwenga of Zimbabwe, Deputy Prime Minister Pulev of Bulgaria, Acting Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development Moreno, Director-General of the World Intellectual Property Organization Deng Hongsen, Deputy Director-General of the World Trade Organization Hill and others delivered video or live speeches. After the summit, Ding Xuexiang visited the CIFTIS exhibition hall and interacted with the heads of exhibitors. On the afternoon of the 9th, Ding Xuexiang met with Pulev and Chiwenga successively. He said that China is willing to maintain traditional friendship with all parties, enhance strategic mutual trust, respect each other's core interests and major concerns, promote cooperation in key areas to achieve more results, and join hands to advance modernization in the context of mutual benefit and win-win results. Foreign dignitaries expressed that they attach great importance to friendly relations with China and are willing to deepen and expand practical cooperation in various fields with China to promote greater development of bilateral relations.