{"id":208218,"date":"2026-05-03T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/03\/from-footwear-to-ai-services-china-moves-up-the-value-chain-in-exports\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T09:35:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T13:35:17","slug":"from-footwear-to-ai-services-china-moves-up-the-value-chain-in-exports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/03\/from-footwear-to-ai-services-china-moves-up-the-value-chain-in-exports\/","title":{"rendered":"From footwear to AI services: China moves up the value chain in exports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/tech\/article\/3352020\/footwear-ai-services-china-moves-value-chain-exports\">From footwear to AI services: China moves up the value chain in exports<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/tech\/article\/3352020\/footwear-ai-services-china-moves-value-chain-exports\">https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/tech\/article\/3352020\/footwear-ai-services-china-moves-value-chain-exports<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-03 08:30:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.scmp.com\">www.scmp.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a polite, respectful, and comprehensive summary of the article using an unordered list with 6 key points for context:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Shift in Trade Focus:<\/strong> China has transitioned from a dominant exporter of physical goods like footwear, bags, and furniture to a leader in exporting advanced manufacturing technology and services.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Service Exports Growth:<\/strong> In 2025, China&#8217;s exports in the fields of telecoms, computer, and information services grew by 13% to reach 808 billion yuan (US$118 billion), vastly outperforming the decline in traditional goods exports.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Decline in Traditional Exports:<\/strong> Traditional physical goods exports saw significant drops; for instance, footwear exports fell by 9% to US$46 billion, while handbags and suitcases collectively decreased by 13% to US$30 billion.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Rising Technological Exports:<\/strong> Emerging industries, such as information and communication technology, engineering services, data analytics, and research and development, are booming in China.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Success Stories:<\/strong> Companies like iRootech, based in Guangzhou, are pioneering in exporting industrial computer vision and AI technology, achieving notable successes such as reducing travel costs for German firm Putzmeister.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Future Projections:<\/strong> The shift towards high-value service exports underscores China&#8217;s potential to maintain robust international trade amidst changing market dynamics.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Should you need further details or have specific questions, kindly let me know!<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From footwear to AI services: China moves up the value chain in exports https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/tech\/article\/3352020\/footwear-ai-services-china-moves-value-chain-exports Publish&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":208219,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/og_image_scmp_generic\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/04\/30\/c72d4f6b-a638-467e-bb08-71f6a73d4de0_d2202949.jpg?itok=y5uhNgFl&v=1777541043","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-208218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208218"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208218"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208218\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":208220,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208218\/revisions\/208220"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/208219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}