Research On The Effect Of International Service Outsourcing On Industrial Structure Upgrading Of China

With the development of the information technology as well as the ever-concentrating competition strategy among MEs, international service outsourcing has become the main trend in the new global industry-transfer process. In the open economy nowadays, the upgrading of industrial structure is not only related to its development and domestic supply and demand, but also showing increasingly closerties with international trade and investment. However, as a newly developing sector, does international service outsourcing have real effect on the upgrading of industrial structure ? What kind and to what extent does this effect expressed? And through what kinds of channels and mechanisms does international service outsourcing affect the upgrading of industrial structure?Based on above issues, this thesis begins with the concept of international service outsourcing and industrial structure, and the general analysis of the theoretical mechanism through which international service outsourcing has a positive impact on the upgrading of industrial structure. Then this thesis conducts the empirical research from two aspects: first, we estimate the volume of international service outsourcing and the level of industrial structure with new methods, then carries out the econometrics tests on how international service outsourcing influences the upgrading of industrial structure through multivariate regression analysis. The empirical analysis shows that, the development of international service outsourcing has a significant positive impact on the upgrading of industrial structure in China. Finally, we also put forward some recommendations on how to promote the development of international service outsourcing in order to upgrade the industrial structure.