China's technical service industry started in the early 1990s, and started later than the information consulting industry. From a government-run technical service enterprise to a professional technical service industry that is in line with international standards today, it has gone through several courses. Science and technology service industry is a new industrial classification formed under the trend of continuous division of labor and continuous integration and growth.
Science and technology service industry is an industry that provides services to the society with technology and knowledge. Its service means are technology and knowledge, and its service targets are all walks of life. Science and technology service industry belongs to the category of tertiary industry and is a branch of tertiary industry. In 2005, the state began to set up the statistics of science and technology service industry, which was listed in "Classification and Code of National Economy Industries" (GB/T 4754-2002), namely, research and experimental development, professional and technical service industry, science and technology exchange and promotion service industry and geological exploration industry. Among the industries encouraged by the Guidance Catalogue of National Industrial Structure Adjustment in 2007, the sub-industries included in science and technology service industry are: 1. Development and application of anti-counterfeiting technology; 2. Construction of national engineering (technology) research center, national engineering laboratory, enterprise technology center recognized by the state, key laboratory, high-tech innovation service center, new product development and design center, scientific research pilot base and experimental base; 3. Scientific popularization, technology popularization, scientific and technological exchange, scientific and technological evaluation and verification, technical consultation, industrial design, intellectual property and meteorology, energy conservation and emission reduction, environmental protection, surveying and mapping, earthquake, ocean, technical supervision and other scientific and technological services; 4. Scientific research support conditions * * * Construction * * * Enjoy services; 5. Commodity quality certification and quality inspection services; 6. Construction of industrial public technical service platform.
Science and technology service industry has a wide range of industrial activities. In order to facilitate systematic analysis, the science and technology service industry can be divided into five subsystems: science and technology information, science and technology facilities, science and technology trade, technology and finance and business incubator. The science and technology information subsystem provides services such as scientific data, information intelligence, measurement and standardization, evaluation, certification, training, exhibitions and technical forums; The subsystem of scientific and technological facilities provides infrastructure services at all stages in the process of industrialization of scientific and technological achievements, including large-scale instruments and equipment, large-scale cutting-edge software technology platforms and other hardware facilities. Science and technology trade subsystem provides services needed for tangible and intangible technology product transactions, property rights transactions and technology diffusion; Technology and finance subsystem provides government science and technology funds, venture capital, commercial financing and other services; The business incubator subsystem provides hardware conditions and policy environment services for the growth of high-tech SMEs.