The 2024 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) will be held at both the China National Convention Center and the Shougang Park in Beijing from September 12 to 16. Up to now, 120 events including forums and conferences have been confirmed to take place during this year's CIFTIS. As shown in the event information, the fair will feature hot topics such as new quality productive forces, digital economy, and green and sustainable development. At the same time, it will further highlight its role as a facilitator of trade, opening up and cooperation, aiming to turn exhibitors into investors, which will bring a new dynamic to the economy.

CIFTIS is an important window into the innovative development of China's service trade. The 2024 CIFTIS will put more emphasis on new quality productive forces. During the fair, a range of related forums, conferences and events will be organized, such as the Promotion Conference for Cooperation in Green New Quality Productive Force Industries, the Forum on Development of New-quality Chinese Products for Global Consumer Market, the World Frontier Science and Technology Conference, the Forum on New Ecology Investing and Financing in Service Trade Industry, and the Symposium on Whole-industry-chain Support for Development of Innovative Drugs, aiming to solicit ideas and suggestions for cultivating and developing new quality productive forces.

China is promoting the all-round development of the digital economy, an endeavor that has made a significant impact around the world. During the 2024 CIFTIS, a series of digital economy-related forums, conferences and events will be staged, such as the 2024 Digital Trade Development Forum, the 2024 E-CNY Technology and Application Forum, the 2024 China AIGC Innovation & Development Forum, the Forum on High Quality Development of Computing Power Services, the Forum on Large AI Model Application Innovation, and the Forum on Digital Transformation of Enterprises, which will pool wisdom for the development of the digital economy and global cooperation.

As green and sustainable development has become a global consensus, green elements are penetrating all fields of service trade. During this year's CIFTIS, a lot of events such as the Global Green Economy Development Forum, the Third Academician Forum on Ecological and Environmental Protection Industry Serving the "Carbon Peak and Carbon Neutrality" Strategy, the Blast Furnace Forum & Coordinated Green and Digital Development Forum, the Forum on Carbon Economy Development in Cities and Industrial Parks, the 2024 Green Development and Carbon Neutrality (Beijing) Forum, and the Forum on Global Green Trade and Foreign Affairs-related Rule of Law, with the purpose of facilitating the green, low-carbon economic and social transformation.

CIFTIS serves as a platform for business talks and cooperation. This year, it will focus more on attracting purchasers from both China and abroad, facilitating transactions and investment, and improving supply & demand matching services. During the fair, a variety of promotional events and business talks will be held, including the "Beijing Day" Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region Collaborative Investment Promotion and "Invest Beijing" Global Summit, the 2024 International Cooperation Project Promotion and Negotiation Conference, the Forum on International Cooperation in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Industrial Chain, and "Intelligent Care Innovation · Global Access to Pharmaceuticals": Supply & Demand Matching Salon for Intellectual Properties-enabled Entry of Biological Medicine into Overseas Markets, all designed to turn exhibitors into investors and secure more cooperation.

CIFTIS also serves as a platform for international exchanges. This year, CIFTIS will once again host the Global Trade in Services Summit, demonstrating to the world China's unswerving determination to expand opening up. During the fair, many other events will also be held to deepen international exchanges and cooperation in service trade, such as "From Overseas to Rising China": 2024 Diplomatic Envoy Gala Party, Ethiopia - the Cradle of Mankind and a Land of Opportunity, the Norway-China Economic and Trade Cooperation Exchange Meeting, the Botswana Investment and Trade Forum, the Australian Education Seminar, the China-Switzerland Forum on Accelerating Green Transformation, the Silk Road Canal: International Golden Bridge Cooperation Forum on Kazakhstan-China Green Development, and the China-SCO International Forum on Emergency Medicine.

(Source: Official website of CIFTIS)