By the end of 2011, 111 service outsourcing companies registered themselves in the Shijiazhuang municipal bureau of commercial affairs. The total output was valued at 740 million yuan in the first half of this year, according to the Shijiazhuang Municipal Bureau of Commercial Affairs.

The robust growth of the industry is attributed to the efforts of the Shijiazhuang municipal government. The government has attached great importance to the development of relevant measures, policies and outsourcing services providers to spur growth of the industry.

The municipal government took initiatives to negotiate with the Software Base in the High-Tech Industry Development Zone on setting up the Service Outsourcing Park. The park is now attracting investments and has caught the attention of a number of nation-wide outsourcing companies.

It is also planning to set up a development zone with an area of 10 square kilometers for international service outsourcing companies through the formulation of specific related policies.