China to expand services sector opening-up pilot program to nine more cities
BEIJING, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- China will advance the opening-up of its services sector in nine additional pilot cities, according to a statement released by the Ministry of Commerce on Friday.
The nine cities -- Dalian, Ningbo, Xiamen, Qingdao, Shenzhen, Hefei, Fuzhou, Xi'an and Suzhou -- will be tasked with implementing 159 pilot measures, targeting key areas of the services sector such as telecommunication, heal