The China Beijing International Fair for Trade in Services, or Beijing Fair for short, was co-hosted by the Ministry of Commerce and the People's Government of Beijing Municipality in 2012 with the approval of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, in an effort to boost the international competitiveness of China's service industry and trade in services, and give full play to the role of the two areas in accelerating the transformation of the economic development model. It was renamed the China International Fair for Trade in Services in 2019, and its abbreviation Beijing Fair was changed to CIFTIS in 2020. After that, CIFTIS is on track to be upgraded as the Chinese economy moves into a new phase of growth.

CIFTIS is a global and comprehensive exhibition and trade platform established at the national level especially for trade in services. With the support and guidance of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, CIFTIS has evolved into the world's largest comprehensive exhibition for trade in services after several years of development. President Xi Jinping delivered keynote speeches via video link at the 2020 and 2021 CIFTIS, and sent a congratulatory letter to the trade fair of 2022, noting that "CIFTIS is a crucial platform for China to expand opening-up, deepen cooperation and pioneer innovation, which has made a positive contribution to promoting the development of global service industry and trade in services."

Committed to "Global Services, Shared Prosperity", CIFTIS is aimed at becoming the world's most influential exhibition for trade in services. All countries and regions, international organizations, business associations and institutions at home and abroad, and world-renowned enterprises are welcome to participate in the trade fair to seek cooperation and work together for an open, shared service economy, thereby injecting new impetus into the development of the world economy.

为增强服务业和服务贸易国际竞争力，充分发挥服务业和服务贸易在加快转变经济发展方式中的作用，2012年党中央、国务院批准由商务部、北京市人民政府共同主办中国（北京）国际服务贸易交易会（简称京交会)。2019年更名为中国国际服务贸易交易会，2020年，简称由“京交会”更名为“服贸会”。随着中国进入新时代，自2020年以来服贸会也进入提质升级发展新阶段。

服贸会是专门为服务贸易搭建的国家级、国际性、综合型大规模展会和交易平台。在党中央和国务院的坚强领导和高度重视下，经过历届的培育和发展，服贸会已成为全球服务贸易领域规模最大的综合型展会，国家主席习近平连续在2020年、2021年服贸会全球服务贸易峰会上发表重要视频致辞，专门向2022年服贸会发来贺信，指出“中国国际服务贸易交易会是中国扩大开放、深化合作、引领创新的重要平台，为促进全球服务业和服务贸易发展作出了积极贡献”。

服贸会坚持“全球服务 互惠共享”，旨在打造成为全球最具影响力的服务贸易展会，诚挚欢迎世界各个国家和地区、国际组织、境内外商协会和机构、世界知名企业参展参会、洽商合作，携手共促开放共享的服务经济，为世界经济发展注入动力。