The Ministry of Commerce crafted an initiative dubbed “1,000-100-10 project” aimed at accelerating the country’s information technology outsourcing (ITO) and business process outsourcing (BPO) services.
The main objectives of the Project are:
- To establish 10 cities as outsourcing bases;
- To promote the transfer of service outsourcing business of 100 world-famous multinational
companies to China; and
- To establish 1000 large/middle scale service-outsourcing enterprises able to compete in the international arena.
This project in addition to initiatives such as tax breaks, financial support, subsidies and intellectual property rights protection from the government are some of the many schemes to expand the outsourcing industry and to ensure economic growth, industry restructuring and creation of job opportunities, especially for university graduates.  “Thousand-Hundred-Ten Project” is the largest official government outsourcing initiative aimed at promoting the development of the service outsourcing industry, expediting the coordinated development of the regional economy, and improving the international competitiveness of the Chinese economy.