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CHINASOFT
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Hosted by China Council for the Promotion of International Trade
(hereinafter referred to as CCPIT), Chengdu Municipal Government,
CHINASOFT 2003 was held in Chengdu International Exhibition Center
on March 26-28, 2003. More than 260 software players (including 47
foreign delegates, 20 foreign companies) from 8 countries and
regions, i.e., U.S.A, India, Japan, South Korea, France, Ireland,
Germany and Taiwan as well as 18 Chinese cities have participated.
Two matchmaking meetings were arranged between American and Indian
companies and domestic counterparts during the event.
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| Speakers of CHINASOFT 2003 included Mr. Ken Wasch, President of
American Software & Information Industry Association, Mr. Bruce E.
Bernstein, President of New York Software Industry Association, Mr.
Seo Jung Uck, Former Minister of Ministry of Science and Technology
of South Korea, Mr. Tang Jun, President of Microsoft (China) Co.,
Ltd, Mr. Joseph Ma, General Manager in Southwest Branch of IBM China
Ltd., Ms. Chun Soon deug, Chairman of Kyong gi Venture Association,
Mr. Wang Zhongzheng, Chairman of Taiwan Zhonghua Software
Association, Mr. Ryuichiro Hirota, Chairman of Sino-Japanese
Economical Exchange Association, Mr. Rahoul Ghose, Director of
Information Systems, Honeywell and Mr. Alexander I. Rosenthal,
Director of Center for Information Technology, National Institutes
of Health, U.S.A. |
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American Software & Information Industry Association and Indian
Embassy in China organised delegations to the event. Mr.Liu Jiuru,
President of China ComputerWorld, commented: “CHINASOFT is the most
international software event I have ever seen in West China”.
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CHINASOFT 2004 |
| CHINASOFT 2004 was held at Chengdu International Convention &
Exposition Centre on April 5-7, 2004 with the sponsorship of CCPIT,
Sichuan Provincial Government, and Chengdu Municipal Government, and
the organisation of CCPIT Economic & Information Industry Dept,
CCPIT Chengdu Sub-council, and Computer World Media Group. |
| With the theme of China Software Industry in Globalization, the
event attracted over 300 representatives from over 20 provinces,
cities, and regions as well as 112 representatives of 47 overseas
companies from 12 countries and regions e.g. USA, India, ROK,
Singapore, Canada, UK, Netherlands, Japan, Chinese HK, and Taiwan.
The event held exhibitions for the first time, with an area of 6,000
sqm, attracting a large number of international and domestic
companies including SUN and Oracle. Overseas companies occupied as
many as 45 standard booths, accounting for 35% of total booths.
Around 5,000 professionals visited the exhibition. 17 well-known
celebrities in software industry e.g. Mr Xue Yaokun CEO of Sun
(China), Mr Chen Yongzheng Vice President of Microsoft, Mr Xu
Shaochun Chairman of Kingdee International Software Group Co., Ltd,
Li Shaotang Executive Director of East China Group, Oracle, and Mr
He Huajing CEO of UFIDA Software Co Ltd etc delivered their
speeches. |
| A series of seminars including “National Information Management of
Key Cities across China”, “Information Security”, “Copyright
Tracking of Music & Video Device”, “Singapore-Chengdu E-Government
and City Information-based Communication and Cooperation Symposium”,
“SUN Microsystems Solution Conference”, and “UF Software Summit on
Western Manufacturing” were held during the event. |
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CHINASOFT 2005
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| CHINASOFT 2005 was held at Chengdu International Exhibition Center
on April 20 to 22, 2005. With the theme of China, New Outsourcing
Destination, CHINASOFT 2005 involved theme forum, panel discussions,
matchmakings and onsite visit, etc. |
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CHINASOFT 2005 attracted near 260 software players of Chinese and
foreign software companies and organizations from 6 countries and
religions, including U.S.A, India, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong
Kong, China and Taiwan, China, etc, and 18 provinces, cities and
region in China such as Beijing, Dalian, Shanghai, Tianjin, Hangzhou, Suzhou, Shenzhen, Changsha, Xi’an, etc.
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| Concurrent activities included “Matchmaking Session for Chinese and
Foreign Software Companies”, “2005 China Digital Entertainment
Industry Summit”, “Signing ceremony for Cooperation between Indian
TATA/CMC and Goldtel”, “Award Ceremony for Talent Training Base of
Digital Entertainment Industry for National Torch Project”. |
Speakers included Mr. Craig Mundie, Senior Vice President, Chief
Technical Officer of Microsoft, Mr. Liu Jiren, Chairman & CEO of
Neusoft Group Ltd., Mr. J. Parthasarthy, Addition Director of STPI-Bangalore,
India, Mr. V Rajanna, General Manager of TATA Information Technology
(Shanghai), Mr. James Lin, CEO of Infosys China, Mr. Frank Xiong,
Vice President, General Manager of BEA and Mr. Qu Zhonghua, Service
Offering Manager Consulting, IGS Education Services, GCG, IBM.
Mr. Li Chuncheng, Party Secretary of CPC Chengdu Committee,
complimented that CHINASOFT played an increasingly important role in
promoting the development of IT and software industry in Chengdu and
Sichuan when he met the forum speakers during the event. |
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CHINASOFT 2006
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| With the sponsorship of the State Council Informatisation Office,
CCPIT, and Sichuan Provincial Government, and the organisation of
Chengdu Municipal Government, CHINASOFT 2006 was held at Chengdu
International Convention & Exposition Centre on April 6-7, 2006.
Echoing the trends that international software outsourcing shifts to
China at a fast pace, the theme of the event was “shared resources,
cooperation and innovation, and harmonious development”. Diversified
activities such as summit, session and dialogue, technical seminars,
match-makings, site visits, exhibition were held during the event. |
| CHINASOFT 2006 invited nearly 300 leading software players from
software companies and organizations both home and abroad, including
7 countries and region of U.S.A., India, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia,
Hong Kong,China, Taiwan, China, and 18 provinces, municipalities and
region, Beijing, Dalian, Shanghai, Tianjin, Hangzhou, Suzhou,
Shenzhen, Changsha, Xi’an, etc. |
| A series of activities were included “Software Industry Summit”,
“The Malaysia Day: Sino-Malaysian Information Communications
Industry Conference”, “Software & Information Service Outsourcing
Forum”, “Digital Entertainment Industry Development Summit Forum”,
“Investment Forum of International Capital & Software Industry”,
“Match-making Session between Chinese and Foreign Software
Companies”, “Software Talents Seminar”, “Chengdu - Bangalore
Sistership City Relationship Signing Ceremony”, “Establishment of
Chengdu Software Outsourcing Alliance Ceremony”, “Software
Exhibition”. The 2005 Top Ranking of Chinese Software Companies in
Export was released and the Awarding Ceremony of Top-20 Chinese
Software Companies in Outsourcing in 2005 was held during the event. |
Speakers of CHINASOFT 2006 included Ms. Mumtaz Begum, Mayor of
Bangalore, India, Mr. Jui Shang-Ling, President of SAP Labs China,
Mr. Axel Cruise, Director of Global Outsourcing Amazon.com, Mr. Liu
Jiren, Chairman and CEO of Neusoft Group Ltd, Mr. Paul Kruger,
Director of Product Marketing and Development for Analysis and
Modeling Solutions,BMC ,Mr. Brandon Lin, Partner of SAIF Hong Kong,
Mr. Rex Trivad, President of India-China Software Association and
Mr. Peter Kan, Partner of KPMG.
Near 30 overseas software companies or organizations, such as
Microsoft, IMB, SAP, Amazon.com, SAIF, HSBC Private Equity (Asia)
Limited, Johnson & Johnson, Symbio, KPMG, Multi-Media Super Corridor
Malaysia, OMRON Corporation, Nomura Research Institute and MCM
Corporation, etc from 7 countries and region joined CHINASOFT 2006.
Companies from Japan included OMRON Corporation, URL.TV Corporation,
MCM Corporation, Yinfeilite, Dream Career, ShibaSoft Corporation, GR,
etc. and more than 30 leading domestic outsourcing vendors including
Neusoft Group, iSoftStone Information Service Corporation, Dalian
Hi-Think Computer Technology Co., Ltd, Shanghai JT-Hyron Software
Co. Ltd, Hisoft Technology International Group, CHINASOFT
International Limited, etc, and Sofmit Company, Intasect Inc, have
participated with the tremendous fruits achieved.
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| CHINASOFT has widely recognized as the most international software
cooperation platform in West China after four years’ development. |
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CHINASOFT 2007
CHINASOFT 2007, supported by China Council for the Promotion of
International Trade, State Council Informatization Office, State
intellectual Property Office, Sichuan Provincial People’s
Government, Ministry of Information Industry and hosted by Chengdu
Municipal People’s Government, CHINASOFT 2007 was held successfully
on April 19-21, 2007 in Chengdu. The conference focuses on the theme
of “Cross-industrial Interaction, Innovation and Development” and
the tenet of “strengthening international exchange and cooperation
of China’s software industry”, has conducted a series of activities
of forum, exhibition, negotiation and contest which acquired newer
development and breakthrough compared with the former four
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conferences in its scale, class, content and format etc.
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| 1. Extensive activities e.g. forum, exhibition, one-to-one meeting,
and contest
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| 1) Forum: 11 summits and seminars, attracting nearly 700 overseas
representatives, among which there were 100-strong from Japan,
Singapore, India, USA, and Taiwan. Over 100 renowned manufacturers
e.g. Microsoft, Intel, Oracle, IBM, SAP, HP, NEC, EMC, EDS, IDG, GGL,
Nokia, Ericsson, Huawei, ZTE, Neosoft, UFIDA, Asiainfo, Shanda, and
Kingsoft etc attended the event. The event excelled previous ones in
respects of size and capacity. |
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The main forum – 2007 China International Software Summit invited
more senior VIPs such as Jean-Philippe Courtois President of
Microsoft International, Senior Vice President, Microsoft Corp, Mr
Thomas Vice President of Application Services Outsourcing (Export
Services), IBM, Mr Li Deguang General Manager of HP Global Delivery
China Centre, Mr Minoru Terao Senior Vice President of NEC
Corporation, Mr Harley Stoll Senior Vice President of APAC
Consulting of Oracle Corporation, and Mr Liu Jiren President of
Neosoft etc to make keynote speeches.
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| 2007 China International Software Summit attracted about 60 CEOs
from home and abroad, claiming the most number amid forums of this
kind at home in recent years. 2007 China Software Application and
Service Forum attracted approximate 300 software manufacturers,
governmental officials, and corporate users. It’s believed that the
event played a significant role in boosting informatisation at home
this year. Mr Chen Wei Director-general E-commence Promotion Dept,
the Ministry of Information Industry, spoke highly of this event. |
| Chengdu Senior Advisor for Software Development Roundtable Meeting
contracted 13 executives e.g. Mr Wang Wenhan Vice President of
Intel, Mr Wang Wenjing President of UFIDA, and Xu Shaochun President
of Kingdee as senior strategic advisors for Chengdu’s software
development. They put out a number of constructive advices on
environment building, market exploration, personnel training, and
financing etc. |
| 2007 China-EU Information Society Professionals Forum, 2007 China
Intellectual Property right Protection Forum, GGL Digital
Entertainment Lifestyle Forum, Software & Information Service
Outsourcing Seminar, and Singapore Software Companies business
matchmaking meeting etc provided a platform of exchange and
cooperation in different channels, its effects were remarkable
evident. |
| 2) Exhibition & contest: the event employed Hall 2 of Chengdu
Century City New International Convention & Exposition Centre as the
venue of exhibition, attracting 118 companies e.g. Microsoft, SAP,
Ericsson, Alcatel, Freescale, Shanda, Tsinghua Tongfang Co Ltd,
Ourgame, Singapore Computer Systems, NCS Information, Maipu
Communication, Sofmit, and Yinhai Software with a total exhibition
area of 6,000 sqm. About 5,000 professionals visited the event,
which was nothing short of a showcase holistically mirroring the
development of software industry and related achievements over the
past years. It posed an active impact on the circle of software
industry at home and abroad. Both IT channels of SOHU and TOM, known
as portal websites, covered the event. It’s hardly to imagine how
fast CHINASOFT had grown up in Chengdu if you wouldn’t have paid a
visit to the event. |
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On the sidelines of the event, Coca-Cola Cup IGT, WSVG, and job fair
for middle/senior personnel were kicked off, with the participation
of 40-odd companies e.g. IBM, ZTE, Guoteng, GOCEAN, and Beida Jade
Bird etc.
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2. China’s first class IT media – China Computerworld was involved
in preparation and organisation of CHINASOFT in full swing. The
group, known as the biggest of this kind in China, organised “2007
China International Software Summit Forum and 2007 China Software
Application and Service Forum”. The successful launch of the two
fairs not only brought up its holistic image and professional level
to a new high, but armed it with sui generis attributes and value
different from other fairs of this kind.
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3. Generated a raft of achievements instrumental to the accelerated
development of Chengdu’s software industry
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| The event witnessed the signing of nearly 10 agreements, for
instance, Oracle will set up its China Consulting Service Centre and
Chengdu Innovation Centre in Chengdu; Global Data Solutions
(Shenzhen) Ltd with a total investment of 800 million yuan will
build a relief centre, the biggest one of this kind in Asia, at
Chengdu Hi-tech Industry Development Zone; Microsoft inked an
agreement with Chengdu Municipal Government to jointly build pilot
areas of comprehensive information service for agricultural
informatisation in Chengdu; CIJ, Chengdu University of Information
Technology, and Sichuan Julong Technology Co Ltd forged an agreement
of staff training for Japanese outsourcing market; Chengdu
Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs, Northwestern Polytechnic
University (USA), and TATA/CMC signed a Memorandum of Understanding
on Personnel Training Abroad and Introduction, the State
Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs is obliged to select and
send Chengdu’s software talents to USA and India for further
learning; QAI signed an agreement with Chengdu Hi-tech Industry
Development Zone to fulfil certification service for software
analyst, tester, and project manager etc in an endeavour to rev up
senior staff’s capability building in Chengdu. |
4. Further strengthen publicity to expand and enhance influence of
Chengdu’s software industry
The event rented large outdoor advertising boards for publicity
along the airport expressway in Beijing and Shanghai for the first
time. 13 internet media including mainstream websites at home e.g.
Sohu, TOM, QQ, and YNET as well as IT websites e.g. Computer World,
ZOL, PConline, eNET, and CNII etc threw coverage of the event
through feature stories, word links, and bulletins etc. Sohu, TOM,
TFOL, and CDOL lived the main forum. Incomplete statistics showed
that the hits of the event’s official website and links reached
300,000 person-times. |
| During the session, 100-strong reporters from 60 international and
domestic media e.g. CCTV, People’s Daily, Computer World, and China
Information World covered the event. According to incomplete
statistics, there were nearly 2,000 pieces of news at all levels,
among which there were over 200 reports by print media, over 130
reports by TV and broadcasting, and over 1,400 reports by internet
media and for republishing. CCTV released news about this conference
in the prime period of that very night when it was inaugurated that
day. |
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