The international service trade and outsourcing industry is stepping into an unparalleled golden period of development around the world.
"Global Service Trade & Outsourcing Summit (GSTOS)" (formerly "Global Outsourcing Summit"), is a highest-level international service trade and outsourcing summit, jointly organized by APCEO and relevant governments of the main outsourcing countries. The summit is the milestone in the development of global service trade and outsourcing. (In 2014, the initiator and sponsor of the summit—APCEO officially renamed the summit as "Global Service Trade and Outsourcing Summit (GSTOS)".)
GSTOS is aimed at integrating global service trade and outsourcing resources, exploring the development law of global service trade and outsourcing, promoting optimized collocation of global economic resource, developing international cooperation in service trade and outsourcing, building global service trade and outsourcing centers, order-taking centers and distribution centers as well as fostering brand enterprises in the global service trade and outsourcing industry.
By 2013, the summit has been successfully held for six times. The participants of the summit is composed by chiefs from leading service outsourcers and service providers worldwide, IAOP 100(Global Outsourcing 100 companies), Fortune 500 companies, Forbes 2000 companies, listed companies, important academic institutions as well as international organizations.
PREVIOUS EVENTS The 1st GOS, 2007 Tianjin city Host in China: Tianjin Municipal Government of China The 2nd GOS, 2008 Zhengzhou city Host in China: Zhengzhou Municipal Government of China The 3rd GOS, 2009 NanJing city Host in China: NanJing Municipal Government of China The 4th GOS, 2011 MaAnShan city Host in China: Maanshan Municipal Government of China The 5th GOS, 2012 Kunming city Host in China: Kunming Municipal Government of China The 6th GOS, 2013 Wuxi city Host in China: Wuxi Municipal Government of China
MAIN PARTICIPANTS 1. Heads of State and Political Celebrities; 2. Outsourcers and service providers worldwide; 3. CEOs from Fortune 500 companies, Forbes 2000 companies, IAOP 100 (Global Outsourcing 100 companies) and listed companies as well as famous investment companies worldwide; 4. CEOs and senior executives from famous Chinese enterprises; 5. Renowned economists, experts and scholars in the service industry; The number of participants for previous summits is over 2500.
MAIN FUNCTIONS 1. To integrate global service trade and outsourcing resources & to gather global service industry elites; 2. To research the status quo of global service trade and outsourcing & to explore the development law of global service trade and outsourcing; 3. To call on global political and economic leaders to attach importance to global service trade and outsourcing; 4. To improve the competitiveness of enterprises on the basis of global service trade and outsourcing 5. To develop service trade and promote industrial transformation; 6. To foster a global market system of service trade and outsourcing and to set up key projects like global service trade and outsourcing centers, order-taking centers and distribution centers.
LEADERSHIP OF THE SUMMIT (FROM CHINA) 
| Zhang Gaoli (the 1st) Member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the CPC Central Committee |  | Dai Xianglong (the 1st) Former Mayor of Tianjin City of China President of National Council for Social Security Fund |
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|  | Guo Gengmao (the 2nd) Deputy Secretary of the CPC Henan Provincial Committee Governor of Henan Province |  | Wang Wenchao (the 2nd) Secretary of the Zhengzhou Municipal Committee of CP |
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|  | Zhao Jiancai (the 2nd) Mayor of zhengzhou City of China |  | Zhu Shanlu (the 3rd) Secretary of the Nanjing Municipal Committee of CPC |
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|  | Zhang Weiguo (the 3rd) Vice Governor of Jiangsu Province |  | Mr. Zhang Baoshun (the 4th) Secretary of CPC Anhui Provincial Committee |
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|  | Mr. Wang Chao (the 4th) Vice Minister of Commerce of PRC |  | Mrs. Hua Jianhui (the 4th) Vice Governor of Anhui Province |
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|  | Zheng Weiwen (the 4th) Secretary of the Maanshan Municipal Committee of CPC |  | Li Jiheng (the 5th) Governor of Yunnan Province, China |
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|  | Zhang Zulin (the 5th) Mayor of Kunming Municipal Government, China |  | Huang Lixin (the 6th) Secretary of Wuxi Municipal Committee of the CPC |
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|  | Wang Quan (the 6th)
Vice Secretary of the Wuxi Municipal Committee of the CPC Mayor of Wuxi |
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ORGANIZATION
MAIN ACTIVITIES Opening Ceremony Keynote Speech Concurrent Matchmakings Concurrent Track Sessions Roundtable Meeting Government Meeting Official Interview Welcoming Banquet Business Tour Cooperation and Communication Meeting Cooperation & Investigation |
