Chinese City Dalian Aims To Do a Bangalore
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DALIAN (CHINA) - Inspired by Bangalore, India’s ‘Silicon Valley’, this city in north-east China has set for itself an ambitious target of becoming world’s top Information Technology (IT) centre within a decade.
A scenic coastal city set among green hills, Dalian has already attracted a large number of international and local corporations to set up regional bases for Information Technology Outsourcing (ITO) and Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) services.
Among these are 34 Fortune 500 companies. “By 2017 or 2018 we hope to be a peer with Bangalore and Silicon Valley (of America),” said Dalian Mayor Xia Deren.
“We are striving to be the No 1 software centre in both China and the world,” Xia told reporters at the China International Software and Information Services Fair (CISIS) 2008.
The annual event saw participation from some top-notch companies like SAP, Neusoft, Ericsson and Microsoft.
Software export from Karnataka (mainly Bangalore) was worth Rs 54,000 crore ($12.6 B) in 2007-08, up from Rs 48,600 crore ($11.3 B) in the previous year.
As compared, in 2007, the software export exceeded $700 million in Dalian, which had a workforce of 60,000 people and was home to nearly 700 IT/BPO enterprises. As many as 50 multinationals among Global 500 have set up software R&D and service institutions here, a feat not achieved by any other Chinese city.
It holds a unique position as the only software outsourcing international model city in China, a country where according to research agency IDC, IT market is estimated to cross over $150 billion in 2008 and $200 billion in 2010.
Among these are 34 Fortune 500 companies. “By 2017 or 2018 we hope to be a peer with Bangalore and Silicon Valley (of America),” said Dalian Mayor Xia Deren.
“We are striving to be the No 1 software centre in both China and the world,” Xia told reporters at the China International Software and Information Services Fair (CISIS) 2008.
The annual event saw participation from some top-notch companies like SAP, Neusoft, Ericsson and Microsoft.
Software export from Karnataka (mainly Bangalore) was worth Rs 54,000 crore ($12.6 B) in 2007-08, up from Rs 48,600 crore ($11.3 B) in the previous year.
As compared, in 2007, the software export exceeded $700 million in Dalian, which had a workforce of 60,000 people and was home to nearly 700 IT/BPO enterprises. As many as 50 multinationals among Global 500 have set up software R&D and service institutions here, a feat not achieved by any other Chinese city.
It holds a unique position as the only software outsourcing international model city in China, a country where according to research agency IDC, IT market is estimated to cross over $150 billion in 2008 and $200 billion in 2010.