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Software rising in Dalian
By ZHU CHENGPEI and ZHANG XIAOMIN (China Daily)
Updated: 2008-06-30 10:36 Software park Since 1998, when Dalian Software Park Co Ltd was inaugurated, it has been run by a "private company with government support". In this model, the government gives guidance and policy support, while the company is in charge of detailed operations such as building offices, attracting investment, marketing and daily management. "At the beginning, we faced disputes and doubts in adopting a totally new operating model. However it has proven to be an effective system that has made good use of both the government and the company's advantages," said Xia. "The key to the success of the model is 'government support'. With the government's guidance, and support, we are encouraged to innovate," says Sun Yinhuan, chairman of Yida Group, the developer of Dalian Software Park. Dalian Software Park is still the only one run by a "private company with government support" among China's top 10 national software parks. But its model is widely recognized as a success. Its operators have been invited by cities such as Wuhan, Suzhou and Tianjin to help operate their software parks. Talent pool Talents are crucial to the continuing growth of the software sector and Dalian's strategy cultivates and attracts talented professionals. The city is home to more than 200 IT training institutions, including six software academies. Since 2005, the city has attracted more than 30,000 IT professionals both from home and abroad. "The rapid development of Dalian's software industry is mainly because the city grasped the pivotal factor, human resources, and implemented a strong recruiting strategy," says Liu Jiren, founder and chairman of Neusoft Corp, China's largest software outsourcing firm. Liu still remembers the first shovelful of earth dug for the cornerstone of the Dalian Neusoft Institute of Information, his first cooperation with Dalian. "Any time when I am asked how to develop a software sector, I warn officials from other cities that they have to be patient enough to wait more than 10 years to cultivate talent training," Liu says. Dalian has now drawn almost 70,000 professionals working in the city's IT sector while the first pool of 10,000 talents for the city lasted seven years. "Only a vast reservoir of talents can promise a fast development of the software sector in an area," Liu says. In another development, an academy dedicated to cultivating senior software managers will be set up in Dalian by the city's information industry bureau and hiSoft Corp. It is expected to churn out 1,000 high-level software managers in business administration, project management and marketing in the next three years. Credit system Dalian took the lead in China for pushing the idea of constructing a software and information service credit card system. "The construction of the credit card system boosted the quality and reliability of Dalian's software and service outsourcing sector. It provides an effective guarantee for its expansion," said Xia at a credit card system construction forum at the CISIS, the first forum on the topic in China.
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