On September 22, 2025, Chen Ning, Deputy Secretary-General of the Global Alliance for Trade in Services (GATIS), visited the Department of Commerce of Anhui Province to introduce GATIS and held discussions with service trade enterprises from Anhui Province. The meeting was chaired by Mr. Zhang Hongqiang, Deputy Director of the Department of Commerce of Anhui Province. Representatives from Hefei Municipal Bureau of Commerce, Anhui Hexin Technology Development Co., Ltd., iFLYTEK, Anhui Ivy Tech Group, Guodachuang Software, Anhui Brainware Intelligence, and other organizations and enterprises delivered presentations and engaged in in-depth exchanges on how GATIS could support the development of trade in services in Anhui Province.

Leaders from the Hefei Municipal Bureau of Commerce, Anhui Trade in Services (Digital Trade), and China National Federation of Industry and Commerce SMEs attended the meeting. Department of Public Affairs of GATIS attended the meeting.