The Dalian Nuggets 40 billion yuan of software outsourcing market 70% exported to Japan

Dalian 100 thousand Japanese personnel, and more than and 60 weekly flight to Japan

The reporter from Dalian

Liu Guanqun hasn't been home for more than a week. Recently, his Dalian Xinhua Information Technology Co. Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "China") to undertake a number of software outsourcing services will be delivered as a software development project manager in his busy nature.

The company is mainly engaged in the China business process outsourcing (BPO), high frequency of overtime is not uncommon. In Dalian, the software park staff is the highest income, the park is also the head of Dalian's economy.

This has become the largest software export volume of domestic and foreign enterprises with the highest proportion of the park, in 2005 to achieve a software and information service industry sales revenue 5 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 68%, accounting for the whole of Dalian software industry half. As of the first half of 2006, the total number of enterprises to enter the park more than and 310, of which light Japanese companies reached more than and 70.

However, Liu Guanqun and many of his peers are aware of the fact that they earn only "hard money"". Software park to create a large profit, are flowing into the contract to their foreign companies.

Japanese outsourcing Dalian layout

5 years ago, McKinsey consultant Kenichi Ohmae boldly predicted: Dalian will become China's emerging IT outsourcing center, especially on the day of BPO business will lead the development of china. 5 years later, Dalian accounted for the city's gross domestic product 1/28 of the software industry, perhaps not enough eye-catching, but its sales revenue and export growth rate of 60% and 78%, far more than the average growth rate of GDP16.2%.

Release of UNCTAD World Investment Report "2004 annual service transfer" mentioned in Dalian: "in Japan, there are 23% associated with the IT field in the enjoyment of the foreign trade organization especially China provide offshore service...... Some Japanese companies have built their call centers and back office operations in Dalian......"

Japanese Consulate General in Dalian, director of the Shenyang Office of the bank and the time to the first financial daily introduction, the proportion of Japanese enterprises in Dalian is not comparable to other countries overseas enterprises. Provide a root bank and the foreign direct investment in the country distribution table shows, as of the end of December 2005, Japanese companies in Dalian a total of 3184, 1407 of the United States, Europe a total of only 644.

Dalian's software investment industry is just the beginning of the past 5 years, the momentum of Japanese funded enterprises stationed, outsourcing business is also increasing. Last year exceeded 10 billion yuan of software sales revenue, there is 70%~80% is sold to Japan, is the business of other U.S. companies, but also their business in Japan that block." Root bank and time point.

A bank and told the "First Financial Daily", a Japanese street behind his office Senmao building, lantern and rolling rice paste, sushi and kimono, in which tend to forget that they are in the North China China.

It is understood that there are 100 thousand Japanese talents in Dalian, each week, there are more than and 60 flights to japan. "Japan's outsourcing to Dalian in 2004 was $375 million, but that's about two times what it was in 2002." Roots and time.

One of the details is that the initial investment in Dalian Software Park, the Dalian municipal government held in Tokyo, Japan software professional investment. The meeting booked 250 seats, but from software companies, universities, research institutions and other Japanese guests have more than 480. The seat is not enough, many people stood in the aisle, many Japanese simply sat on the floor.

Mikami Yoshihiko is a 36 year old man working in IBM, Japan, now the identity of the Dalian Software Park Business Solutions Center, director of Japanese business. He believes that a lot of foreign companies in Dalian, foreign companies are mainly here to see the lower labor prices. At present, the labor price of Dalian software talents is only 1/7.

Government dream"

In the high-speed road to Beijing Capital International Airport, "Dalian - China IT outsourcing center," a huge ad. According to Luan Qingwei, director of the Dalian Municipal Bureau of information industry, said the ad needs to invest 4 million yuan per year.

But for software sales have reached a breakthrough in Dalian to talk about 4 million yuan may still be a worthwhile expense. Official data show that in 2005, Dalian software sales revenue exceeded 10 billion yuan, an increase of $300 million, exports $43%, an increase of 50%, software and information services companies reached 510, an increase of.

By the end of 11th Five-Year, Dalian's software industry output value will be more than 40 billion yuan, the export value of more than $1 billion 500 million, software talent to reach 120 thousand ~14." Luan Qingwei said that now Dalian's biggest advantage is talent, the biggest bottleneck is talent, the gap in 80 thousand ~10 million.

According to Luan Qingwei introduction, currently approved by the Ministry of education of the Dalian Institute of software has 4, the annual training of more than 20 thousand students. There are more than and 200 training institutions, of which foreign training institutions occupy a large proportion. For nearly 100 thousand of the talent gap, the government has come up with a special fund of $20 million to solve.

"Facing the northeast old industrial base revitalization, we in addition to the transformation of traditional industries, but also actively promote the software and information services such as the development of new industries, especially the service outsourcing industry as a strategic industry to promote." Dalian mayor Xia Deren is meeting in the United States, lose no time to pass this message to the outside world.

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