Consulting is a comprehensive research and development through the knowledge and experience stored in some people's minds and the comprehensive processing of various information materials;
Consultation produces the comprehensive benefits of intellectual labor, and plays the role of consultant, staff officer and external brain for decision makers;
Latin consultation means consultation, which means discussion and consultation. In ancient China, "consultation" and "inquiry" were originally two; Word, consultation is consultation, inquiry is inquiry, and then gradually formed a compound word, which means inquiry, planning, consultation and so on;
As a social activity with personnel and services, it has developed in military, political and economic fields, and has become an important means to assist decision-making in social, economic and political activities, and has gradually formed an applied soft science.