China pledges to narrow trade deficit in technology sector (3)

Technology trade accounted for 12 percent of China's services trade in recent years, implying there is great scope for expansion, according to Zhou.

China's services trade is expected to grow more than 10 percent year-on-year in 2012, according to Zhou. The growth pace is very satisfactory compared, for instance, with the country's goods trade growth, which stood at 6.3 percent in the first 10 months of the year, and is almost set to miss the 10 percent growth target set for 2012.

lijiabao@chinadaily.com.cn

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