Information service mainly refers to all kinds of service processes around the promotion and application of information system software and hardware products, including network information service and professional computer service. Network information services mainly refer to information services provided through the Internet, including Internet access services (ISP, that is, connecting users' computers or other terminal devices to the Internet through telephone lines, coaxial or wireless means), Internet content provision services (ICP, that is, providing Internet information search, sorting and processing services) and network application services (ASP, that is, providing various Internet-based application services for enterprises and institutions to carry out information construction and e-commerce). Professional computer services include system integration, consultation, training, maintenance and facility management.
Information service industry is a soft part of information industry. Information service industry is an important industrial sector engaged in the development and utilization of information resources and belongs to the tertiary industry. Information service industry is an intermediate industry connecting information equipment manufacturing industry and information users. It has a great driving effect on production and consumption and a high degree of industrial correlation. Developing information service industry is helpful to expand the demand of information equipment manufacturing industry and increase the supply of information users.