Economic Watch: China's new measures to expand service consumption set to boost growth


  • World
  • Thursday, 18 Sep 2025

BEIJING, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- China's newly released measures to increase service consumption have drawn significant attention, with officials and experts saying the package will optimize service supply, stimulate new demand, promote high-quality development and improve people's well-being.

These measures, rolled out by nine government organs, outline 19 tasks in five areas. At a press conference on Wednesday, Vice Minister of Commerce Sheng Qiuping highlighted the focus of the measures -- namely, cultivating service consumption platforms, enriching high-quality supply, stimulating new demand, and strengthening fiscal and financial support.

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