Firms in the Shanghai Pudong Software Park are expected to
generate exports of US$200 million this year, 33 percent growth
year-on-year as the national software base expanded its site.
The city's biggest software industrial park released the
projections yesterday.
In 2006, exports of firms in the park reached US$152 million and
the figure reached US$78 million in the first half in 2007. The
exports will grow rapidly in the second half as the park's operator
has expanded the site.
"The Shanghai park will become a software product, talent and
service center to the west line of the Pacific," Hu Hongliang, the
park's general manager, said during a trade fair organized by
SPSP.
The park has invested 2.1 billion yuan (US$276 million) in
constructing a third-phase site that will be finished in 2008.
Meanwhile, the national software export base has also expanded
by opening a facility in Kunshan, Jiangsu Province.
SAP and AIA have signed with the park to set up facilities in
the third-phase base, probably by the end of this year, according
to SPSP.
Many foreign giants, including India-based Infosys and Japan's
Sony, have set up facilities in the park.
SPSP is hosting the Second National Software Outsourcing Base
(Shanghai) Trade Fair, which opened yesterday. The two-day fair has
attracted 108 firms.
The revenue of Shanghai's software industry is likely to jump 30
percent to hit 80 billion yuan this year.
(Shanghai Daily October 19, 2007)
