Dalian Software Park - History of The IT Industry in Dalian

History of The IT Industry in Dalian

• 1992: Dalian Computer Center (DCC) of the Dalian City Government received an order from NTT Data to do application software development.
• 1996: DCC split one of its departments to found Dalian Hi-Think Computer Technology Corp. (DHC, Nov.) Dalian Hisoft Corp. was founded (Nov.).
• 1998: Groundbreaking of Dalian Software Park (June).
• 1999: Official opening of Dalian Software Park (July). Neusoft Group opened a Dalian development center (July). Singapore's BHR-Frontline opened a Dalian development center, as the first foreign company in this Park.
• 2000: Northeast University's Neusoft Institute of Information started. (Sept.).
• 2001: Japan Information Service Industry Association (JISA) and China Information Industry Association had their 5th joint meeting in Dalian (July). Panasonic opened its development center, as the first Japanese company in the Park (Sept.).
• 2002: DHC became No. 1 in China's Software Export Ranking.
• 2003: Dalian City announced the "Lüshun South Road Software Industry Belt" plan and the groundbreaking ceremonies of Dalian Software Park Phase 2 were held (June). The First China (Dalian) International Software & Information Service Fair was held (July). IBM, Accenture, CSK and others entered the Park.
• 2004: HP, SAP, OMRON and other companies entered the Park.
• 2005: The First China-Japan Embedded Software Seminar was held and a T-Engine demonstration room was established (June).
• 2006: Chinese Ministry of Commerce gave Dalian City an "International Business Outsourcing Base" recognition.
• 2007: Opening of Dalian Ascendas IT Park (Sept.). Groundbreaking of Dalian Tiandi Software Park (Sept.).
• 2008: The 10th anniversary of Dalian Software Park (June). The world-famous companies, such as Nippon Steel, Cisco Systems, Sompo Japan, BT Group and Fidelity Investments, entered the Park. The Dalian (Japan) Software Park office was set up in Shinjuku Sumitomo Building, Tokyo.