BEIJING -- China registered robust growth in exports of knowledge-intensive services in the first nine months of 2022, official data showed.

The country's exports of knowledge-intensive services totaled over 1.04 trillion yuan (about $143.3 billion) during the Jan-Sept period, up 14.9 percent year on year, according to the Ministry of Commerce.

Imports in this field rose 4.8 percent compared with a year ago to reach about 821.9 billion yuan. Among them, insurance services imports surged 56.2 percent year on year.

China's knowledge-intensive services expanded 10.2 percent year on year during this period.