BEIJING, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) - China's trade structure has further improved as the country's service trade deficit shrank significantly in the first 11 months of 2020, data from the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) showed Friday.

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During the period, China reported a deficit of 677.01 billion yuan (about 103.76 billion U.S. dollars) in service trade, down 51.3 percent, or 712.96 billion yuan from a year ago, the ministry said.

The country's total service trade volume reached 4.08 trillion yuan in the January-November period, down 16.3 percent year on year, according to MOC data. Enditem