What industries does the service industry include?

What industries does the service industry include?

Qualitative classification of service industry in China

1. "two kinds" theory

It is a traditional qualitative classification theory in China to divide service industry into life service industry (or consumer service industry) and production service industry. According to this theory, life service industry belongs to consumption, and its development can be reflected in the improvement and enrichment of people's living standards, quality of life and content of life; Producer service industry is productive, which can promote the perfection and development of production, technological progress and productivity improvement through various channels.

2. "Three categories" theory

In fact, it is difficult to say whether many service industries are productive or consumer, and some are both productive and consumer, which leads to the above qualitative classification is not rigorous enough. Therefore, for many years, Chinese theorists have put forward the theory of "three categories" of service industry, namely, production, consumption and marketing (or circulation) service industry. Among them, "marketing service industry" includes a considerable part of the service industry in the circulation field currently under the responsibility of the Ministry of Commerce.

3. "Four categories" theory

However, the "three categories theory" still cannot solve the qualitative classification problem of all service industries. For example, some people think that banking, insurance, trust, water and electricity supply, post and telecommunications, etc. belong to the three major categories of service industries and are not suitable for any of the three categories. Therefore, some people in the theoretical circle put forward the theory of "four categories", that is, adding "social service industry" as a major category.

Commercial services, including wholesale, retail, catering and living services, are mostly window industries that directly face the citizens and are closely related to the lives of ordinary people.