On December 4, 2025, the Global Alliance for Trade in Services (GATIS) convened a Special General Assembly in a hybrid online and offline format in Beijing, China. The meeting was chaired by GATIS Secretary-General Zhao Weidong, with over 230 member organizations in attendance.

During the meeting, Secretary-General Zhao Weidong delivered a comprehensive review of the work carried out by the Secretariat since its establishment. The General Assembly reviewed and approved the Global Alliance for Trade in Services Membership Fee Management Measures, endorsed the addition of two new council member organizations to the Alliance's First Council, and received briefings on the two newly established branches of the Aviation Industry Committee and the Digital Economy Committee.

GATIS President Jiang Zengwei delivered a concluding speech in which he fully affirmed the outcomes achieved during the meeting. President Jiang Zengwei noted that trade in services has become a major driver of global economic growth and highlighted that over the next fifteen years, its share in global trade will further increase, underscoring its vital role in the world economy and promising even broader development space and higher value-added potential for all member enterprises. President Jiang Zengwei emphasized that the GATIS must adopt a more global perspective and continue to adhere to its founding mandate, stating that GATIS should further encourage member organizations to seize this historic opportunity, prioritize issues of common concern to all countries, place the shared interests of members at the core of its work, and provide tangible services and support to its members.

Moving forward, the GATIS will take this General Assembly as a new starting point, join hands with its members and partners to translate consensus into action and turn vision into practice, and work together to create a new phase of open cooperation and innovative development for global trade in services.