China’s Xi urges demand-driven growth in services industry 

[BEIJING] China’s President Xi Jinping has called for a demand-driven approach coupled with reform and technological empowerment to develop the service industry, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Wednesday.

China will cultivate more “China service” brands and push production-oriented services toward specialisation and higher positions in the value chain, Xinhua reported Xi as saying in a directive to a two-day national service industry conference in Beijing that began on Tuesday. REUTERS