Total trade in services
8.08Ministry of Commerce of China ↗
trillion yuan · 2025
Economy, trade and consumption · cross-border services
China’s trade in services
In 2025, China’s trade in services reached 8.08 trillion yuan. Exports were 3.63 trillion yuan, imports 4.46 trillion yuan and the deficit 0.83 trillion yuan.
Service exports
3.63
trillion yuan
Service imports
4.46
trillion yuan
Services trade balance
−0.83
trillion yuan · deficit
MOFCOM provides China’s annual domestic headline in renminbi; WDI provides balance-of-payments values for international comparison. Currency, source system and revision process differ. Trade in services is also not services value added or domestic services output.
Domestic annual series
Service exports, imports and balance, 2018–2025
Exports and imports are current-price renminbi values from the same annual MOFCOM release. The balance is exports minus imports; a negative value is a deficit.
Source: Ministry of Commerce of China ↗ · MOFCOM annual trade-in-services releases in 100 million yuan; total, exports, imports and balance come from the same annual release.chinainfigures.com
Knowledge-intensive services trade
3.09trillion yuanKnowledge-intensive services surplus
0.58trillion yuanTravel services trade
2.21trillion yuanInternational service-export animation
Service exports in a fixed 2024 top ten, 2005–2024
The set is fixed using 2024 WDI service exports at current US dollars and followed backward through 20 complete years. It is not reselected globally in every historical frame.
2024
Accessible table for the current year
| Rank | Economy | Current US$ | Source status |
|---|
Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators ↗ · WDI balance-of-payments values at current US dollars; fixed 2024 top ten followed through 2005–2024 and never spliced to the MOFCOM renminbi series.chinainfigures.com
WDI balance-of-payments comparison
Service exports and imports across ten economies, 2005–2024
Switch between exports and imports for the fixed ten economies. Values are current US dollars, affected by prices and exchange rates, and may be revised with source balance-of-payments data.
Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators ↗ · WDI balance-of-payments values at current US dollars; fixed 2024 top ten followed through 2005–2024 and never spliced to the MOFCOM renminbi series.chinainfigures.com
International snapshot for 2024
Service exports
| Economy | 2024 value | 2024 export rank |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,152.7 billion US$ | #1 |
| United Kingdom | 647.6 billion US$ | #2 |
| Ireland | 525.9 billion US$ | #3 |
| Germany | 485.3 billion US$ | #4 |
| France | 402.6 billion US$ | #5 |
| Singapore | 399.4 billion US$ | #6 |
| India | 374.9 billion US$ | #7 |
| China | 347.0 billion US$ | #8 |
| Netherlands | 308.0 billion US$ | #9 |
| Japan | 229.4 billion US$ | #10 |
Domestic scope
MOFCOM annual current-price renminbi
Used for China’s headline and 2018–2025 trend. Total is exports plus imports; balance is exports minus imports.
International scope
WDI balance-of-payments current US$
Used for the fixed ten-economy comparison and animation. Related to, but not a spliceable continuation of, the MOFCOM series.
Ranking boundary
Fixed 2024 top ten, not annually reselected
China’s 2024 WDI service exports were US$347.0 billion, ranked 8 in the fixed set.
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Services trade indicator published
Published separate MOFCOM annual renminbi services-trade series and World Bank WDI balance-of-payments current-US-dollar exports/imports, plus a 20-frame fixed-2024-top-ten service-export animation. The two source systems remain explicitly non-spliceable.
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