10 Software Centers PlannedChina plans to build 10 national software development centers, revealed an official from the Ministry of Information Industry on Thursday Jinan, capital of east China's Shandong province.The locations of the 10 centers will be Beijing, Shanghai, Dalian, Chengdu, Xi'an, Jinan, Hangzhou, Guangzhou, Changsha and Nanjing. China now has over 40 software development bases, sporadically spread out around the provinces or autonomous regions throughout the country. The dispersed distribution works against the centralization of the software industry. The new centers aim to readjust resources of software enterprises and form unified software industries in hope of enhancing market competitiveness. The establishment of software centers is an important step to carry out a series of policies encouraging the development of software and integrate circuit industries promulgated by the State Council last year, the official said. |
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