Service sector's opening-up to accelerate

China will accelerate the expansion of the service sector's opening-up, a practical action meant to inject more certainty and stability into the world in light of intensifying global unilateralism and protectionism, the Ministry of Commerce said on Monday.

The ministry has issued a guideline for accelerating the implementation of a comprehensive pilot program to expand the opening-up of the service sector that includes another nine cities such as Dalian, Liaoning province and Ningbo, Zhejiang province.

Previously, the pilot program had been carried out in three batches across 11 provinces and cities around the country. The latest round will be fully launched in all 11 provinces and cities at once, without distinguishing regions and task batches, the commerce ministry said.