The 2024 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) will be held in Beijing from September 12 to 16. This year, the fair will highlight achievements related to new quality productive forces and China's determination to further expand its opening-up policy. It will also showcase new models and business formats driven by the integration of new quality productive forces within the modern services industry, high-end manufacturing and modern agriculture. AI and the metaverse, satellite internet, big data and computing power, financial technology and a range of other topics will be covered.

(Cover: The exhibition hall for telecommunications, computer and information services at the 2023 China International Fair for Trade in Services in Beijing, China, September 5, 2023. /CFP)