Archive for the ‘China Software Outsourcing Bases’ Category

Guangzhou Software Park: An Outsourcing Base in a Gourmet City

Saturday, December 20th, 2008

Although it is better known in the Western world by its historical name, Canton, the city of Guangzhou is by no means outdated: with a population of 12 million, it is the 3rd largest city in China today. Its history dates back to the seventeenth century as the first city ...

Shenzhen Software Park: An Outsourcing Base in China’s Miracle City

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008

In 1980, Shenzhen, a small fishing village on the southern coast of China with a population of 25,000, became the country’s first Special Economic Zone, an area designated by the government to experiment with capitalism. Today, Shenzhen is China’s second-richest city, with a GDP of over 680B RBM (~70B USD) in ...

Hangzhou Software Park: An Outsourcing Base in Paradise

Saturday, November 22nd, 2008

Hangzhou software park, a 80,000 square meter national outsourcing base, is located in the High-Tech Zone in downtown Hangzhou. To date, more than 1,200 software enterprises have settled in the area, including one of China’s homegrown stars-  Alibaba, the world’s largest B2B internet marketplace. The city of Hangzhou, built around the ...

Beijing Software Park: An Olympic Outsourcing Base in China

Monday, November 10th, 2008

The 29th Olympic games go down in history as a showcase of some of the greatest performances ever seen, from Michael Phelps' record-breaking eight gold medals in swimming to Usain Bolt's numerous world records in track. As the host city to these memorable games, Beijing also showcased itself this summer as ...

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 ...

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 ...

Xi’an Software Park: A Hidden Gem Among China’s Outsourcing Bases

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

INTRODUCTION: Xi'an Software Park is a national software industrial & export base and is one of the first Service Outsourcing Base Cities established by the Central Government. Founded in December 1998, Xi'an Software Park is located within the Xi'an High-tech Industries Development Zone, a special economic-expansion area entitled to government tax ...