服务是活的劳动,它是由服务提供者凭借体力、智力和技能,借助一定的工具、设施和手段,在服务接受者参与下完成某种活动,以直接满足其需要的过程。现代经济是服务的经济,服务业的发展对创造就业和财富分配至关重要,无论在发达国家还是在发展中国家,服务的生产差不多都是核心的经济活动。服务业在国民经济中所占的比重已成为一国经济发展水平高低的重要标志。一、中国服务贸易发展概况中国的对外服务贸易主要是在改革开放以后逐步发展起来的。其中较具规模的服务贸易始于1979年开始的海外工程承包和20世纪80年代初围内旅游业的开发。随着吸引外资、引进技术和货物进出口的发展,相 Service is a living work. It is a process in which service providers, through their physical, mental and technological skills, use certain tools, facilities and means to accomplish certain activities with the participation of service recipients to directly meet their needs. Modern economy is the economy of service. The development of service industry is crucial to creating employment and wealth distribution. The service production is almost the core economic activity in both developed and developing countries. The proportion of service industry in the national economy has become an important indicator of the level of economic development in a country. I. Overview of the Development of China’s Service Trade China’s foreign trade in services is gradually developed after the reform and opening up. The larger trade in services started with overseas construction contracting started in 1979 and the development of tourism within the area in the early 1980s. With the attraction of foreign investment, the introduction of technology and the development of import and export of goods, phase