China's service trade value grew 25.8 percent year on year in the first quarter of 2022, data from the Ministry of Commerce showed on Thursday.

Total trade value stood at 1.46 trillion yuan (about 221.86 billion U.S. dollars), according to the data.

Service exports expanded 30.8 percent year on year to 713.98 billion yuan, and service imports were 743.01 billion yuan, up 21.3 percent from a year ago.