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Business review 2013 (VIII): Accelerating the development of
service outsourcing; enhancing the development of an…
DATE: DECEMBER 19, 2013 4
BYLINE: States News Service
LENGTH: 779 words
DATELINE: BEIJING, China
The following information was released by the Ministry of Commerce of the
People's Republic of China:
Business Review 2013 (VIII): Accelerating the Development of
Service Outsourcing; Enhancing the Development of an Open Economy
Service outsourcing is an industrial form arising from further development of a
new round of international division of labor and involves a number of industries
and fields such as information, finance and medicine industries, which is
characterized by high technical content, high added value, low resource
consumption, few environmental pollution and strong job-creating capability.
Accelerating the development of service outsourcing is of great significance to
the strategic adjustment of China's economic structure and to the enhancement
of the development of an open economy.
I. Rapid expansion of business scale and steady increase in
international market share
Between 2008 and 2012, the execution amount of China's international (offshore)
service outsourcing increased to USD33.64 billion from USD4.69 billion,
representing an average annual growth of 60%. China's share of the global
offshore outsourcing market increased to 27.7% in 2012 from 7.7% in 2008,
representing an increase of 20%, which had turned China into the world's second
largest service outsourcing country.
From January to October 2013, the amount of service outsourcing contracts
signed by China reached USD64.81 billion, representing a year-on-year growth of
41.6%; the execution amount reached USD45.66 billion, representing a year-on-
year growth of 34.1%. Among which, the amount of international
service outsourcing contracts undertaken reached USD45.25 billion, representing
a year-on-year growth of 42.5%; the execution amount reached USD32.34 billion,
representing a year-on-year growth of 36.3%.