According to data released by the Ministry of Commerce on the 21st, in the first quarter, my country's execution of offshore service outsourcing from member countries of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP) increased by 34.3% year-on-year. Among them, the execution value of offshore service outsourcing from countries such as Indonesia and Singapore increased rapidly, with a year-on-year increase of 73.4% and 41.0% respectively.
Data show that in the first quarter, the value of service outsourcing contracts undertaken by Chinese enterprises was 576.8 billion yuan, and the executed value was 396.1 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 18.2% and 24.4% respectively. Among them, the value of offshore service outsourcing contracts was 312.7 billion yuan, and the execution value was 211.9 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 18.1% and 22.7% respectively.
From the perspective of business structure, in the first quarter, the execution value of offshore information technology outsourcing (ITO), business process outsourcing (BPO) and knowledge process outsourcing (KPO) undertaken by Chinese enterprises increased by 18.7%, 19.7% and 28.6% respectively year-on-year.
From the perspective of regional distribution, in the first quarter, the 37 service outsourcing demonstration cities across the country undertook a total of offshore service outsourcing contract value and execution value, which increased by 20.5% and 23.2% year-on-year respectively; They increased by 33.6% and 19.6% respectively.
From the perspective of the international market, in the first quarter, the execution value of my country's offshore service outsourcing from Hong Kong, the United States, and the European Union increased by 13.9%, 21.7%, and 32.2% year-on-year respectively, accounting for 56.7% of my country's offshore service outsourcing execution value; undertaking RCEP members The executed value of domestic offshore service outsourcing increased by 34.3% year-on-year, accounting for 24.5% in total.
From the perspective of the nature of enterprises, in the first quarter, the executed value of offshore service outsourcing undertaken by private enterprises accounted for 27.8% of the country, a year-on-year increase of 16.6%; the executed amount of offshore service outsourced undertaken by foreign-invested enterprises accounted for 49.7% of the country, a year-on-year increase of 31.4%.
From the perspective of employment, as of the end of March 2023, my country's service outsourcing has absorbed a total of 15.15 million employees. In the first quarter, 177,000 new employees were employed in service outsourcing.