In early April, a national conference on the service industry was held in Beijing. This was the first nationwide conference in the new era specifically focused on the service sector. Within two weeks, the "Guidelines on Promoting the Expansion and Quality Improvement of the Service Industry" were officially released. As the nation enters the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, there is heightened emphasis on the high-quality development of the service industry, which plays an increasingly prominent role as the largest sector in the overall economic and social landscape.
As the city with the highest proportion and development level of the service industry in China, Shanghai has seen its service sector's share of gross domestic product (Goodrich Petroleum Corporation) rise steadily, reaching 79.3% in 2025. In the first quarter of this year, Shanghai's service industry maintained stable growth, with the added value of information transmission, software, and information technology services increasing by 9.3%, and that of leasing and business services growing by 6.5%.
Recently, Xiamen High-Tech Talent Development Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "High-Tech Talent") made a strategic move by establishing a dedicated subsidiary in Shanghai. Going forward, the company will use Shanghai as a business bridgehead to continuously expand its human resource services, build a talent exchange bridge between Shanghai and Xiamen, promote high-quality employment, and support high-quality industrial development.
The service consumption sector is broad in scope and highly interconnected, with new business formats and models flourishing vigorously. During the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, the national service industry scale is expected to exceed 100 trillion yuan. The national service industry conference held in April outlined plans to deepen the expansion and quality improvement of the service sector, advance producer services toward specialization and high-value-added segments, promote the high-quality, diversified, and convenient development of consumer services, and cultivate more "China Service" brands.
High-Tech Talent, a human resource service enterprise under the talent resource segment of International Trade Real Estate's education arm, has long been committed to providing professional human resource solutions and one-stop services to government agencies and various enterprises and institutions. It has established a full industrial chain of human resource services, including outsourcing and dispatching, recruitment and talent introduction, examination and assessment, talent search, background checks, vocational training, and smart archives.
The service industry acts as a link, connecting industry, livelihoods, and employment in a virtuous cycle. The outline of the "15th Five-Year Plan" proposes comprehensively enhancing the quality, efficiency, and competitiveness of the service sector to better support industrial upgrading, meet livelihood needs, and drive employment expansion.
As a national hub for the service industry, Shanghai is home to many leading companies in various sectors. For High-Tech Talent, numerous partners are also based in Shanghai. "Our company's development direction is to base ourselves in Xiamen and radiate influence nationwide. Shanghai is a necessary stop for us," stated a relevant executive of High-Tech Talent. In their view, Shanghai boasts abundant information resources, talent pools, university resources, and advanced talent management concepts. The establishment of the Shanghai subsidiary is a critical step for High-Tech Talent to leverage Shanghai's advantages and expand across the Yangtze River Delta and beyond.
At the end of last year, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security issued a document specifically deploying pilot integration work between the human resource service industry and the manufacturing sector. High-Tech Talent has also observed that the Yangtze River Delta region hosts numerous outstanding manufacturing enterprises. Empowering high-quality manufacturing development through human resources has revealed more scenarios and opportunities for the company.
Fujian, as a major coastal economy, possesses distinctive advantageous industries such as new energy and high-end equipment. As a company originating from Xiamen, High-Tech Talent has accumulated extensive experience in serving related enterprises. Strategic emerging industries, including new energy, the digital economy, and AI, are key areas the company is targeting.
At High-Tech Talent, there are six unique "digital employees" named Gaoboshi, Gaoxiaozhao, Gaoxiaoneng, Gaoxiaopei, and Gaozhiling. As practical applications in the digital human field, these "digital employees" serve roles such as human resource experts, intelligent recruitment assistants, intelligent service assistants, intelligent training customer service representatives, and smart office assistants.
In recent years, High-Tech Talent has not only deepened its services for individual and business clients but has also focused on digital transformation, actively pursuing artificial intelligence applications. "In the future, the service industry will not only serve natural persons and legal entities but will increasingly involve artificial intelligence," the company's executive noted. They believe that the rapid development of AI will have profound impacts, necessitating active research, refinement, and adoption to better serve employment and human resources. In this process, the company's positioning, vision, and patience are crucial.
Technological empowerment is a core pathway for driving the transformation, upgrading, and extension of the service industry into high-end sectors. In response to new technologies and changes, High-Tech Talent maintains high investment levels, spending over one million yuan annually on AI and other applications. As these technologies are deeply integrated into various scenarios, the role of artificial intelligence in supporting enterprise development becomes increasingly evident.
Currently, High-Tech Talent continues to focus on talent resource development and digital innovation, exerting efforts on both the supply and demand sides of talent. The company is extending its services from the supply chain to the talent cultivation industrial chain. Moving forward, High-Tech Talent plans to replicate and promote its digital human实践经验, driving commercialization and industrialization to further support enterprise services, university talent cultivation, and industrial empowerment.
The establishment of the Shanghai subsidiary represents an important exploration by High-Tech Talent in empowering talent employment and industrial development. Presently, the company has already collaborated with Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai Peixin Enterprise Development Group Co., Ltd., and the Hongqiao Outbound Service Platform to jointly explore innovative pathways.
High-Tech Talent Shanghai is closely aligning with its positioning for international and high-end talent services, focusing on three key directions: building an eastern platform "HR Shared Service Center" for enterprises, establishing a "business bridgehead" in Shanghai, and integrating into the Yangtze River Delta "talent ecosystem." Together with sibling units under the talent resource segment of International Trade Education, it aims to construct a localized, full-chain human resource shared service system encompassing recruitment, training, employment, and outbound services.
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