Fuzhou pushes forward service outsourcing industry
Time:2012/11/3
Fuzhou reached a total of $62.73 million in services outsourcing from January to August, a year-on-year increase of 227.28 percent. The figure includes $41.89 million in offshore service outsourcing and $20.83 million in onshore outsourcing. The more than 100 service outsourcing enterprises in Fuzhou have become a new engine for economic development.
Fuzhou Software Park has become an important base for the service outsourcing industry. In recent years, the software industry has maintained an annual growth rate at 30 percent and an annual growth in exports of 50 percent. In 2010, software and IT industries in the park have earned 1.7 million yuan ($271,000), up 21 percent from 2009. IT reaped 1.3 million yuan ($207,000), a year-on-year increase of 71 percent.
Despite its fast growth, the service outsourcing industry also faces limitation in core technologies and top talent.