-- The China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS), the first major international economic and trade event held both online and offline by China since the COVID-19 outbreak, closed on Wednesday in Beijing.

-- Themed "Global Services, Shared Prosperity," the six-day event has attracted 22,000 enterprises and institutions from 148 countries and regions, including 199 Fortune 500 companies.

-- China has pledged to stay committed to further opening up and continues apace in sharing development opportunities with the rest of the world, promoting global service trade as well as the exchanges and cooperation between related industries.

BEIJING, Sept. 9 -- With the 2020 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) drawing to a close Wednesday in Beijing, the country has sent a clear signal of its unwavering determination to push for higher-level opening up.

As the first major international economic and trade event held by China since the outbreak of COVID-19, this year's CIFTIS has attracted 22,000 enterprises and institutions from 148 countries and regions, including 199 Fortune 500 companies.

The six-day event is one of the world's largest and most comprehensive fairs for trade in services, and saw over 200 achievements of various kinds released.

Provincial-level regions, centrally-administered state-owned enterprises and financial institutions have formed trade groups for the first time, participating in active transactions, with 240 contracts signed, according to Xian Guoyi, an official with the Ministry of Commerce.