Different from other industries, the engineering consulting industry depends on policies. The new government came to power to emphasize decentralization and reduce examination and approval. The National Development and Reform Commission, formerly known as the State Planning Commission, is the product of the planned economy era and is in charge of the examination and approval of investment projects. With the continuous development and improvement of the market economy, the government has implemented the reform of the investment system to adapt to the market economy. Compared with the past, many enterprises' private investment projects do not need approval. Many private enterprises' investment projects do not need qualified enterprises to prepare feasibility reports (in fact, many enterprises' investment projects have their own feasibility demonstration processes, which are simple, complicated and omitted), which leads to a great reduction in the business volume of engineering consulting enterprises at present. In this context, consulting engineers are actually going to the end, but the National Development and Reform Commission is guiding consulting engineers to transform and let consulting engineers participate in businesses that conform to the laws of the market economy.
Why are some professional qualifications of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development stronger than teaching? The reason is that most of the professional qualifications of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development conform to the operating rules of the market economy and are less affected by policies. For example, before you build a house, you need someone to design (designer), carry out construction (builder), supervise construction (supervisor) and calculate money (cost). This is a complete production mode, which is the same as the production of products and conforms to the market economy.
At present, the reform of consulting engineers by the National Development and Reform Commission is mainly handed over to associations, so that consulting engineers can truly go to the market and shed the cloak of living by policies. This is a process of exploration and a process that must be experienced. Whether the consultant has a future depends on whether the consultant has found a position on the track of market economy and gained a firm foothold.