对于每单位产出，中国服务业所需要的就业岗位数量比制造业和建筑业加起来还要多30 % ， 因此，第三产业的相对强势对于遏制失业、防止社会动荡（长期以来这一直是中国最大的担忧）具有重要作用。
With Chinese services requiring about 30% more jobs per unit of output than manufacturing and construction, combined, the tertiary sector’s relative strength has played an important role in limiting unemployment and preventing social instability – long China’s greatest fear.