And when it comes to the challenges facing Chinese policymakers, Russell Jones, of consultancy Llewellyn Consulting says: "The potential for getting this wrong is quite high".
For these consultants, we estimated the number of consultancy hours provided and valued this at a rate commensurate with their qualifications and work experience.
Nazz Ahammad of cloud computing specialists Nimbulus Consulting says: "There can be lots of consultancy to get through a quoting process so that is tricky.
The end of history was the birth of consultancy.
There's now money to be made in this sort of consultancy work".
"Germany is more exposed," says Jonathan Loynes of consultancy Capital Economics.
In 2008 Stockport council launched a new website, with the support of consultancy Quickheart.
Assaf Lennon is UK managing director of consultancy Lowendalmasaï This article is published by Guardian Professional.
Many auditors also sell tax avoidance and a variety of consultancy services to client companies.
Jon Williams of consultancy PwC welcomed the taskforce setting out its stall.
Liz Morris is director of consultancy and training at Working Families.
