3.3 Developing Layout

Directed with the strategic thoughts on the software and information service outsourcing, Jiangsu shapes the layout structure for the software and information service outsourcing industry based on the industrial development status now.

3.3.1 To Build a New Service Outsourcing Centre in the Yangtze River Delta Economic Circle, Covering both Internal and External Markets

Jiangsu, in the Yangtze River Delta Economic Circle, is the most urbanized and developed area with the densest distribution of towns. In this economic entity, the advantages of developing software and information service outsourcing can be obviously seen. It has good commercial atmosphere, relatively high awareness of joining the international community and strong brand consumption market, which provide an integral economic environment for the development of the software and information service outsourcing. As one of three Chinese software and information service outsourcing clusters, the software and information service outsourcing industry in the Yangtze River Delta has been paid close attentions to China and to the rest of the world.

Shanghai, as the one of leading cities in the Chinese software and information service outsourcing, has been the central service outsourcing city in the Yangtze River Delta Economic Circle. Jiangsu, as an important part of the Yangtze River Delta Economic Entity, can promote advanced consumption concepts and awarenesses influenced by Shanghai and use its own advantages like workforce cost etc. to undertake diffused software and information service outsourcing businesses from Shanghai based on its developed software industry and Japan-oriented service outsourcing business. Meanwhile, associated with the advantage of Shanghai as the financial centre, it can absorb related financial organizations to choose Jiangsu as a new outsourcing base so as to develop financial industry-based software and information service outsourcing, like back-office operation service business etc. What is more, Jiangsu has the incomparable industrial advantage than other Yangtze River Delta areas. It shall put more efforts to develop manufacturing-related package service outsourcing business so as to improve their digitalization and uplift the related information service level and develop a good domestic market that needs the software and information service outsourcing. Through developing internal and external markets, Jiangsu will be improved in terms of its service outsourcing level and capacity, eligible for being the new service outsourcing centre in the Yangtze River Delta Economic Circle.