The Ministry of Commerce Thursday pledged to better support multinationals in investing in China's manufacturing sector.

On September 27, the Ministry of Commerce issued a number of policies and measures to support the stable development of foreign trade. The policies include six major aspects:

China's service trade value grew 20.7 percent year on year in the first seven months of this year, data from the Ministry of Commerce showed on Thursday.

China is comprehensively advancing negotiations on joining the Digital Economy Partnership Agreement (DEPA), the Ministry of Commerce said Monday.

China has established a working team to push its accession to the Digital Economy Partnership Agreement, the Ministry of Commerce said in an online statement on Friday.

Foreign direct investment (FDI) in the Chinese mainland, in actual use, expanded 17.3 percent year on year to 798.33 billion yuan in the first seven months of the year, the Ministry of Commerce said Thursday.

Latest data from the Ministry of Commerce showed that FDI into the nation totaled 723.31 billion yuan ($107.07 billion) in the first half of the year, surging 17.4 percent year-on-year.

Over those four months, China's actual use of foreign capital increased 20.5 percent year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Commerce.

The Upgrade Protocol of the China-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement, which entered into force on Apr.7, will further expand the market opening of goods, services, investment and other areas between the two countries in the coming years, said the Ministry of Commerce in a statement posted online.

China's trade in services soared 33.5 percent year-on-year to reach 953.48 billion yuan ($149.7 billion) in the first two months of this year, the Ministry of Commerce said on Apr.6.

The Chinese government will work to help enterprises better hedge exchange rate risks as the yuan rises, Gao Feng, spokesperson for the Ministry of Commerce, said on Feb.24.

The Ministry of Commerce announced on Tuesday that an upgrade to China's free trade agreement with New Zealand will enter into force on April 7, paving the way for further economic and trade cooperation between the two nations.