Archive for October, 2008

Chengdu Software Park: A Dynamic Outsourcing Base

Thursday, October 23rd, 2008

INTRODUCTION: Chengdu Software Park, another one of the country’s 11 national software bases, is part of the Hi-Tech Zone, which became a nationally ranked high-tech industrial development zone in 1991. 32 Fortune 500 companies and over 800 foreign invested enterprises have invested in the zone. Chengdu is the provincial capital ...

A Young American Entrepreneur in Shanghai

Tuesday, October 21st, 2008

A place where everything is possible but nothing is easy: this is the story told in a recent report by Chris Jones . The story starts with Barrett Comiskey, came to Shanghai on behalf of an American client who has ordered thousands of plastic rulers with MADE IN CHINA stamped on ...

China Q3 GDP Grew 9%, Economy Slow Down But Still Strong

Sunday, October 19th, 2008

On 10/20, China's National Bureau of Statistics reported third quarter GDP growth rate 9.0%, which finally slipped into single digits for the first time in at least four years under the impact of the global credit crisis and weakness in the domestic property sector. Industrial production grew 11.4 percent in the ...

Xi’an Seeks IT & Outsourcing Partnerships in Silicon Valley

Thursday, October 16th, 2008

A high-level delegation from Xi'an, China, arrived on Sunday for a three-city visit, seeking IT & outsourcing partnerships in Silicon Valley. The 2008 Xi'an Investment Environment Promotion Forum was held on Monday Oct. 13. Xi'an's prominence as a high-tech center is one of China's best-kept secrets. Speaker after speaker said ...

Dalian Software Park: The Crown-Jewel In China’s Outsourcing Industry

Wednesday, October 15th, 2008

INTRODUCTION: Dalian Software Park was launched in 1998 in the western suburbs of Dalian City, Liaoning Province, China. Dalian SW Park is one of China's 11 "National Software Industry Bases" and one of five "National Software Export Bases." Currently, around 392 enterprises have settled ...

China’s Outsourcing Services Grow 17% in First 8 Months of 2008

Tuesday, October 14th, 2008

According to the latest data released by the Ministry of Commerce, Chinese outsourcing companies have signed contracts worth of 1.9 billion U.S. dollars in the first eight months of the year, up 17 percent from the same period last year. By the end of August, the number of outsource ...