China made pleasing achievements in outsourcing and labor service cooperation in 2004, according to the Ministry of Commerce.

The turnover of foreign contracted projects reached US$17.47 billion in 2004, up 26 percent from the previous year, that out of labor service cooperation hit US$3.75 billion, up 13 percent. Till year-end, the laborers overseas totaled 535, 000.

Up to the year-end of 2004, the accumulated earnings of China's foreign labor cooperation stood at US$30.82 billion and 319, 300 laborers have been sent overseas.

By People's Daily Online