With a specific focus on greener development, the 2022 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) was held from August 31 to September 5 in Beijing.

　　Celebrating its 10th anniversary, CIFTIS has witnessed China's fast and steady growth in the import and export of trade in services, especially trade in knowledge-intensive services, which saw an average annual growth of 9.3 percent from 2012 to 2021.

　　Trade in knowledge-intensive services that is digital, intelligent and green has become the new impetus for development, said Sheng Qiuping, vice minister of commerce at a press conference on August 23.

　　A new exhibition section was set up by CIFTIS to display achievements in green and low carbon development, covering low-carbon energy, climate and carbon economy, carbon neutrality, green technology and building "Dual Carbon Goals" demonstration cities.

　　Among the exhibits was a Hydrogen Forerunner, hydrogen fuel cell installed in shuttle buses used during the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022. The fuel cell was independently developed by the State Power Investment Corporation Limited (SPIC).

　　Compared with traditional fossil fuel vehicles, the bus equipped with Hydrogen Forerunner could reduce 70 kg emissions of CO_2 per 100 km, said Lu Anjian, director of department of legal and commercial affairs at SPIC.

　　In the engineering consulting and construction services section, the metaverse low carbon town set by China Construction First Group Corporation Limited attracted much attention. Here visitors could virtually build their own ecological homes by choosing energy saving materials, making use of natural wind and light, and adopting green technologies like incorporating integrated photovoltaic energy.

　　These exhibits were just some of a wide range of technological achievements in creating a greener country and planet as a whole. Several forums were also held to shed light on green development and international cooperation.

　　Making the planet greener is the shared wish of humanity, and CIFTIS offers a platform for achievement display and ideas exchange.