Cross-border supply, also known as transit delivery, refers to the provision of services from one member state to another. Such services do not constitute the flow of people, goods or funds, but audio-visual, financial, information and other services realized through telecommunications, post and telecommunications or computer networks.
The characteristic of cross-border delivery is that service providers and consumers are located in different countries, and in the process of providing services, the service content itself crosses national boundaries.
There is no need for the flow of personnel, materials and funds, but through the networking of telecommunications and computers. For example, a consulting company in one country provides professional services such as law, management and information, as well as international financial services, international telecommunications services and audio-visual services to customers in another member's home country.
There can also be the flow of people, materials or funds, such as leasing services provided by leasing companies in one country to users in another country, as well as financial and transportation services. This kind of service trade fully embodies the general characteristics of international trade and is the basic form of international service trade.
Cross-border delivery: refers to the way that service providers provide services to consumers within the territory of a member, such as providing services to foreign consumers abroad through telecommunications, postal services and computer networks in China;
Consumption abroad: refers to the way that service providers provide services to consumers from another member within the territory of another member, such as China citizens enjoying medical services abroad during their short stay in other countries;