2015年，所谓的第三产业占中国GDP之比为50.5 % ， 大大高于2011年实施十二五规划时的目标47 % ， 更是比第二产业活动（制造业和建筑业）的40.5%高出了整整十个百分点。
The so-called tertiary sector rose to 50.5% of Chinese GDP in 2015, well in excess of the 47% share targeted in 2011, when the 12th Five-Year Plan, was adopted, and fully ten percentage points larger than the 40.5% share of secondary-sector activities (manufacturing and construction).