Chengdu China, April 19, 2010. As a critical part of the 8th China International Software Cooperation Fair, organized by Chengdu Tianfu Software Park Co., Ltd, the “3rd 2010 China-Japan Embedded Software Seminar” was held at Chengdu Century City International Convention Center. Over 160 experts from industrial and academic fields, including the vice director of Embedded System Committee of
China Computer Federation and a professor at Shanghai Fudan University, Chen Zhanglong; the representative of T-Engine Forum, Tatsushi Morokuma ; the CEO of Nikkei Business Publications Asia, Yukoh Kawamura; senior vice president and COO of Neusoft, Chen Ximin; general manager of Parasoft (Japan) Co., Ltd, Katsuhiko Noda; and the general manager of Japan AI-Coach, Tsukasa Kochi, attended the seminar. Key issues such as the status quo and development of Japan’s embedded software industry, the demand of outsourcing enterprises, and the status quo of China’s embedded software outsourcing industry were covered in the seminar.During the six-hour seminar, experts from China and Japan conducted extensive discussions around issues involving technology, personnel, costs etc. The success of the seminar turned a new page in the cooperation between Japan and Western China in software service outsourcing and unfolded a promising development future for Chengdu’s embedded software industry.Tianfu Software Park: China’s first Software Park with an Android Lab
Alongside the opening of 2010 China-Japan Embedded Software Seminar, Chengdu Embedded Software Industry Association was officially set up. The Association was designed to boost the development of Chengdu’s embedded software industry by optimizing existing abundant resources. Apart from that, Tianfu Software Park also carried out the opening ceremony for its Android Lab, proclaiming the establishment of the first Android Lab in China.
The lab will focus on research about Android platform based technology and stimulate the development of Android in Chengdu and across the southwestern region through the integration of local resources. Meantime, the seminar also announced the opening of a Parasoft Testing Lab and T-Engine Lab in Chengdu Tianfu Software Park. The establishment of an industrial association and three labs indicated the formation of an embedded software industry center that revolves around Chengdu Tianfu Software Park, which would work as a crucial catalyst in the future development of Chengdu’s embedded software industry.
2009 Report on the Development of China’s Embedded Software Industry Released
2009 Report on the Development of China’s Embedded Software Industry was released at the seminar. Jointly issued by Beijing Sunpul Research & Consultant, the Embedded Systems Branch of Chengdu Software Industry Association, and Chengdu Tianfu Software Park Co., Ltd, the report has provided an in-depth analysis of the status and future of China’s software embedded software industry and has drawn special attention to the development potentials of Sichuan and Chengdu., which could be used as an important reference by those who intend to invest in the embedded software industry here.
A New Century for Chengdu-Japan Software and Service Outsourcing Cooperation
As the operating and managing party of Chengdu Tianfu Software Park, Chengdu Tianfu Software Park Co., Ltd organized a series of software and service outsourcing conferences at home and aboard over the past year. The introductory meeting, which was held in Bangalore, India last October with “Chengdu, your first stop in China” as its theme, was warmly welcomed by local enterprises. Software companies, training institutions, and the Indian media showed great interest in Chengdu. Later, a number of enterprises paid visits to Chengdu while packs of Indian mainstream media outlets including Times of India and Hindustan Times extensively covered the cooperation between Chengdu and Bangalore. During that time, Chengdu became the hot topic of India's software, outsourcing, education, and training industries. In February this year, along with a delegation of 50 representatives, the Mayor of Chengdu, Guo Honglin visited Bangalore for the second time, and in the meantime, Chengdu-Bangalore direct air route was officially launched. L Lately, Chengdu has been regarded as the top choice by Indian companies, which intend to enter the Chinese market.
Following the successful exploitation of European and American markets, and the breakthrough in the Indian market, the embedded software seminar would trigger the cooperation between Japan and Western China in the development of software and service outsourcing. The general manager of Al-Coach Japan, Tsukasa Kochi, stated that he was very optimistic about the cooperation between Japan and Western China in the fields of software, service outsourcing, and training. In Japan there is a great demand for tech talents each year, and enterprises’ demand for cost reduction has increased dramatically after the financial crisis; therefore redirecting their business to cost-effective regions, which possess a large number of personnel, would be unavoidable. He also expressed that he was pleasantly surprised by the favorable environment and the highly developed IT atmosphere of Chengdu.