This paper introduces the Application Service Provider(ASP), including origin and social factors of impelling its developing and the contents of application service. Moreover, the article analyses some problems and social background which influence the development of ASP, and worksout countmeasures. It also discusses the foreground of E-business in China.%介绍了应用服务提供商产生生内在原因、推动应用服务发展的社会因素以及应用服务提供的服务内容，分析了当前影响应用服务发展的一些问题和社会背景，针对这些问题提出一些解决设想，并阐述在中国发展电子商务的前景.关键字：应用服务商；互连网；企业资源规划；电子商务；Intemet接人服务商；Intemet内容服务
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