In the new global economy, international trade progressively extends from trade in goods to trade in services. Digital technology plays a vital role in digital transformation and digital trade in services has emerged. However, with the increase in the number of RTA digital trade rules signed and the deepening of the provisions, digital services trade has been developed rapidly. Constructing suitable digital trade rules for China is a classic problem in the development process of China's digital service trade. This paper integrated the current status of China's trade in digital services through literature combing method and chart analysis method. We find that China could actively participate in the formulation of international digital trade rules and standards. Furthermore, this is in agreement with results from recent studies which suggest China should strengthen the intellectual property rights protection of digital service trade in the process of continuously exploring the security standards of cross-border data flow. It is conceivable that China would become one of the world's major countries in digital service trade by devoted to promoting these relevant measures.

Mingjian Ding. How to Reconstruct China's Digital Services Trade Rules? Based on Policy Perspective. International Journal of Social Sciences and Economic Management (2025), Vol. 6, Issue 1: 51-57. https://doi.org/10.38007/IJSSEM.2025.060105.

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