Bert J. Lim, president of the World Economics Society of the Sinica Academy of Information Research, believes that as far as the service industry is concerned, the percentage of the working population involved is lower than in advanced industrial countries and has the potential for growth.
曾為勞委會職訓局編寫「行職業展望」一書的環球經濟研究社社長林建山認為，若從服務業整體來看，我國服務業人口的比例，比起先進工業國還相距甚遠，故仍有成長可能。