The 5th "China Beijing International Fair for Trade in Services" is set to kick off on May 28th in Beijing.
Organizers of the event are looking to promote openness, innovation and integration in the service industry. They also hope the annual trade fair could help bolster trade in services among countries involved in the Belt and Road Initiative.
Plans are underway to hold 130 sub-events during the five-day trade fair.The fair has been designed to cover all 12 sectors of service trade defined by the World Trade Organization, including business service, communication service, construction service, financial service, tourism service, among others.The event is set to be held at Beijing's 50-thousand-square-meter China National Convention Center.
CRI Today program has invited Arunas Karlonas, Lithuanian Commercial Attache to China to talk about Lithuania's involvement with the service trade fair, and more broadly, China's economic ties with his country.