Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce and six other municipal departments
issued a plan to build a national services-trade innovation demonstration zone,
coordinating the city's 'five centers' construction and prioritizing demand-led
measures, reform, technology enablement and greater openness to expand, upgrade
and internationalize services trade. The plan sets a citywide services-trade
target of $270 billion by 2027 and above $300 billion by 2030, and calls for a
more optimized trade structure, greater concentration of trade participants,
freer factor mobility and stronger international competitiveness of service
brands as part of positioning Shanghai as a national demonstration and a global
services-trade hub.