<s>
The	O
business	O
process	O
outsourcing	B-Architecture
industry	O
in	O
China	O
including	O
IT	B-General_Concept
and	O
other	O
outsourcing	B-Architecture
services	I-Architecture
for	O
onshore	O
and	O
export	O
markets	O
surpassed	O
1	O
trillion	O
yuan	O
(	O
about	O
$145	O
billion	O
)	O
in	O
2016	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
Ministry	O
of	O
Commerce	O
(	O
MOC	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
outsourcing	B-Architecture
industry	O
grew	O
rapidly	O
in	O
the	O
2000s	O
in	O
China	O
by	O
beginning	O
from	O
an	O
"	O
embryonic	O
"	O
scale	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IDC	O
,	O
an	O
IT	B-General_Concept
industry	I-General_Concept
consultancy	O
,	O
estimated	O
in	O
2006	O
that	O
while	O
outsourcing	B-Architecture
of	O
IT	B-General_Concept
services	O
was	O
growing	O
at	O
30%	O
annually	O
,	O
the	O
market	O
size	O
was	O
only	O
$586	O
million	O
at	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
IT	B-General_Concept
services	O
then	O
were	O
offered	O
to	O
domestic	O
companies	O
with	O
offshore	O
clients	O
concentrated	O
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
2016	O
,	O
outsourcing	B-Architecture
was	O
still	O
growing	O
fast	O
at	O
about	O
20%	O
annually	O
,	O
driven	O
by	O
"	O
cloud	O
computing	O
,	O
big	B-Application
data	I-Application
,	O
Internet	O
of	O
things	O
and	O
mobile	O
Internet	O
"	O
according	O
to	O
Xinhua	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IT	B-General_Concept
related	O
services	O
accounted	O
for	O
about	O
half	O
of	O
the	O
US$87	O
billion	O
in	O
total	O
service	O
outsourcing	B-Architecture
provided	O
to	O
export	O
markets	O
in	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
largest	O
IT	B-Architecture
outsourcing	I-Architecture
companies	O
based	O
in	O
China	O
include	O
ChinaSoft	O
and	O
Pactera	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
largest	O
China-focused	O
outsourcing	B-Architecture
companies	O
but	O
based	O
in	O
the	O
US	O
is	O
VXI	O
Global	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
deal	O
was	O
seen	O
by	O
Dow	O
Jones	O
as	O
"	O
making	O
a	O
big	O
bet	O
that	O
the	O
future	O
of	O
the	O
outsourcing	B-Architecture
industry	O
,	O
long	O
associated	O
with	O
India	O
,	O
will	O
be	O
in	O
China.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
center	O
for	O
art	O
outsourcing	B-Architecture
is	O
Dafen	O
Village	O
in	O
Shenzhen	O
,	O
well	O
known	O
for	O
production	O
of	O
imitations	O
of	O
masterworks	O
,	O
but	O
also	O
home	O
to	O
artists	O
who	O
are	O
commissioned	O
to	O
execute	O
original	O
works	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
high	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
art	O
world	O
,	O
outsourcing	B-Architecture
to	O
China	O
is	O
practice	O
by	O
Kehinde	O
Wiley	O
,	O
an	O
American	O
portrait	O
painter	O
,	O
who	O
opened	O
a	O
studio	O
in	O
Beijing	O
in	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cost	O
has	O
been	O
a	O
motivation	O
for	O
outsourcing	B-Architecture
to	O
China	O
with	O
an	O
art	O
blogger	O
suggesting	O
in	O
2007	O
that	O
it	B-General_Concept
allowed	O
those	O
with	O
limited	O
budgets	O
to	O
go	O
from	O
buy	O
posters	O
to	O
oil	O
paintings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
China	O
has	O
the	O
world	O
's	O
second	O
largest	O
outsourcing	B-Architecture
industry	O
,	O
taking	O
up	O
33%	O
of	O
global	O
market	O
share	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
a	O
news	O
release	O
from	O
the	O
Ministry	O
of	O
Commerce	O
of	O
the	O
People	O
's	O
Republic	O
of	O
China	O
in	O
March	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Business	O
Processing	O
Industry	O
Association	O
of	O
India	O
in	O
March	O
2017	O
had	O
concurring	O
figures	O
,	O
assessing	O
that	O
China	O
had	O
second	O
largest	O
outsourcing	B-Architecture
industry	O
,	O
behind	O
India	O
and	O
ahead	O
of	O
the	O
Philippines	O
.	O
</s>
