On April 28, 2017, Notice on the Distribution of the 13th Five Year Plan for the Development of the International Service Outsourcing Industry (Shangfumaofa [2017] No.170) was jointly issued by Ministry of Commerce and four other ministries. The Notice requests to upgrade service outsourcing and improve cross-border payment ability. Accelerating the development of the service outsourcing industry has great significance to realigning the economic structure and creating new pillars for industrial upgrade, new highlights for foreign trade growth, new engines for the modern service sector, and new
On April 28, 2017, Notice on the Distribution of the 13th Five Year Plan for the Development of the International Service Outsourcing Industry (Shangfumaofa [2017] No.170) was jointly issued by Ministry of Commerce and four other ministries.
The Notice requests "to upgrade service outsourcing and improve cross-border payment ability". Accelerating the development of the service outsourcing industry has great significance to realigning the economic structure and creating new pillars for industrial upgrade, new highlights for foreign trade growth, new engines for the modern service sector, and new employment channels. In order to implement the 13th Five-Year Plan on National Economic and Social Development of the People's Republic of China, and Opinions of the State Council on Promoting the Accelerated Development of the Service Outsourcing Industry (Guofa [2014] No.67), and drive the upgrade and coordinated development of the service outsourcing sector, Ministry of Commerce developed the 13th Five Year Plan for the Development of International Service Outsourcing Industry jointly with NRDC, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Science and Technology, and Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
The 13th Five Year Plan for the Development of International Service Outsourcing Industry identifies a number of priorities, including "driving innovation", "optimizing industrial structure", "driving coordinated development across different regions", "optimizing international market deployment", "cultivating key market participants", "enhancing the development of all-around talents" and "improving the level of standardization". In addition to driving the outsourcing in the IT, business process and knowledge flow sectors, it encourages integrated development across different areas to improve overall IT and smart operation ability. Based on the industrial transformation initiatives and market demands, it requests continued efforts to facilitate cloud computing, software R&D, IC and electronic design service outsourcing; to expand the scope of business process outsourcing to supply chain and e-commerce platform management; to drive the development of knowledge-based services, including big data analysis, industrial design, engineering technology, management consulting, pharmaceutical and bio-tech R&D; to drive the development of comprehensive service outsourcing in the fields of IT solution, and culture & creativity. In addition, the 13th Five Year Plan for the Development of the International Service Outsourcing Industry also identifies 12 key service sectors, including cloud computing, software R&D, IC and electronic design , supply chain management, e-commerce platform, big data analysis, industrial design, engineering technology, management consulting, pharmaceutical and bio-tech R&D, IT solution, and culture and creativity. Specifically, with regard to management consulting, it requests that cutting-edge means and scientific methods be employed to improve corporate management ability, development strategic consulting service, business consulting service and general service solutions, particularly those for the manufacturing, public administration, software and IT service sectors. While focusing on the development of knowledge and technology-intensive management consulting solutions, the document requests actions to be taken to foster a number of influential service outsourcing management consulting firms and to gradually expand into the international market.