This paper presents an empirical comparison of the service sectors in China, Brazil, Russia and India from theperspectives of overall level, internal structure and international competitiveness.The results show that comparedwith India, Brazil and Russia, China’s service sector constitutes a smaller proportion of the national economy andthere is a relatively low proportion of modern services in its service sector.The latter is more likely to affect China’sindustrial upgrade.In addition, it’s an undisputed fact that China’s service exports have weaker overall internationalcompetitiveness than India’s and are mainly low technology-intensive products.China’s industrial policy shouldfocus on optimizing its service structure, accelerating the development pace of modern services and enhancing theinternational competitiveness of its service sector.
