Half a month after being shortlisted, the six cities newly shortlisted for the comprehensive pilot project of expanding the opening of the service industry will meet the policy again. On January 10, the Ministry of Commerce issued the overall plan for carrying out comprehensive pilot projects for expanding the opening of the service industry in Shenyang, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Wuhan, Guangzhou and Chengdu. According to the development orientation given by the state to the pilot cities, the plan defines the differentiated pilot tasks in different regions. According to the analysis of experts, the differentiated development mentioned in the current plan is mainly reflected in the industrial characteristics. In order to make solid progress in the expansion and opening up of the service industry, it is also necessary to grasp the characteristics and difficulties of "system reform". At present, the six cities can learn from and absorb experience from Beijing and other comprehensive pilot cities for the expansion and opening up of the service industry. Where are the six pilot differences? On December 20, 2022, the State Council issued the Reply on Agreeing to Carry out the Comprehensive Pilot of Expanding the Opening of the Service Industry in Six Cities including Shenyang (hereinafter referred to as the "Reply"), agreeing to carry out the comprehensive pilot of expanding the opening of the service industry in Shenyang, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Wuhan, Guangzhou and Chengdu. The pilot period is three years from the date of the reply. According to the spirit of the Official Reply, on January 10, the Ministry of Commerce separately issued the overall plan for the six pilot cities. It is reported that the six cities plan to promote high-level opening up from five dimensions, including reform and opening up in key areas of the service industry, the integration of the "two industries" of modern service industry and advanced manufacturing industry, regional development, institutional mechanism optimization, and factor guarantee, and put forward pilot measures to eliminate administrative barriers and optimize the comprehensive environment. At the same time, according to the development orientation given by the state to the pilot cities, and in combination with the local reality, the differentiated pilot tasks are defined in the aspects of the construction of the service system for the transformation of intellectual property achievements, e-commerce and digital trade, the deep integration of informatization and industrialization, the whole industrial chain services of strategic emerging industries, the specialized service cooperation with Hong Kong and Macao, the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta, and the construction of the Chengdu-Chongqing double-city economic circle. "The differences are all based on the comparative advantages of different regions. The different industrial advantages and talent advantages of colleges and universities in different regions constitute different ways to expand the opening up of the service industry." Pan Helin, co-director and researcher of the Research Center for Digital Economy and Financial Innovation of the International Business School of Zhejiang University, told the reporter of the Beijing Business Daily, "The differential development mentioned in the current plan is mainly reflected in the industrial characteristics." Specifically, Pan Helin said, The part about Hangzhou in the plan emphasizes the development of digital service industry. Because Hangzhou has its own advantages in the digital economy, Guangzhou refers to the social research industry with foreign participation. Because Guangzhou is an international city with a history, some cities have rich resources in scientific research institutions, so as to improve the integration level of production, research and application. Cities with rich scientific research resources, such as Wuhan, optimize the organization mode of innovative science and technology projects. "At present, Hangzhou and Guangzhou are already very open cities, so deepening the opening-up is the priority, and its industrial infrastructure is also relatively excellent. Nanjing, Shenyang, Wuhan and Chengdu are the priority of optimizing the opening of the service industry, and its main purpose is to improve the business environment, so as to attract more service enterprises to enter these cities and activate the service industry in these cities." Pan Helin said. The system reform is a feature and a difficulty. The overall plan has been prepared. How can the six cities make solid progress? Research Institute of the Ministry of Commerce