In the first half of 2019, China's service trade amounted to 2.61246 trillion yuan, up 2.6%. The service export and import reached 933.37 billion yuan and 1.67908 trillion yuan, up 9% and decreased by 0.6% respectively. The export of IPR royalties increased by 33%, according to the import and export of service in the first half of 2019 released by the Department of Trade in Service and Commercial Service of Ministry of Commerce of China.