China sees more new firms in service sector

BEIJING, Aug 4 (Xinhua): The number of newly-registered companies in China's service sector stood at 1.3 million in the first six months of the year, according to a report of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) on Sunday.
They accounted for 78 per cent of the total newly-registered firms in the country during the period, according to the report. New firms in the service sector played an important role in creating jobs, said the NDRC.
China's service sector grew 8 per cent year on year in the first six months, 0.6 percentage points higher than the country's economic growth during the period.
Value added output of the service has risen to 46.6 per cent of the country's gross domestic product, up 1.3 percentage points year on year.