Information consultation is a business activity based on the collection, processing, transmission, effective utilization and feedback of all kinds of information. Information consulting industry uses various information processing technologies to collect, process, sort out, analyze and transmit all kinds of information.
Developing information consulting industry is an inevitable choice to give full play to accounting functions. Accounting not only has the leading function of accounting and supervision, but also has the subordinate function of information consulting service. The supervision function is free, while the information consultation function can be free or paid according to different customers.
From the reality of our country, the growing demand for accounting information from all walks of life and the relatively backward accounting production mode are the main contradictions affecting the quality of accounting work. If we can provide high-quality free services to governments and leaders at all levels, we can expand paid services, which can not only meet the needs of society, but also further promote the improvement of accounting work.
After the reform and opening up and the establishment of market economy, with the growth of national economy, scientific and technological progress and market prosperity, China's information consulting industry has gradually grown up. The consulting industry in China appeared in the 1970s. After entering the 1980s, the consulting industry began to grow and develop. Since 1990s, with the process of informatization in China, the development of information consulting industry has entered a new period.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia "Information Consultation"