In the past ninety years, the world's economy continues to develop, modern science is changing rapidly, IBM has always been to the advanced technology, excellent management and unique products to lead the development of the global information industry, to ensure that the world's users of almost all industries on the full range of information processing needs. As we all know, as early as 1969, the Apollo spacecraft carrying three astronauts, shouldering the mission of mankind, the first time on the moon; in 1981, the space shuttle Columbia successfully flew into space. These two historic space flights are united with IBM's unparalleled wisdom.
IBM has a long history of business relationships with China. As early as 1934, IBM installed the first commercial processor for the Peking Union Medical College Hospital, and in 1979, after a break of nearly 30 years, IBM came back to China with China's reform and opening up. In the same year, the first IBM medium-sized computer was installed in Shenyang Blower Factory after the founding of the People's Republic of China.
With the deepening of China's reform and opening up, IBM's business in China has been expanding. in the mid- to late-80s, IBM set up offices in Beijing and Shanghai. in 1992, IBM formally announced the establishment of the International Business Machines China Ltd. in Beijing, which is a wholly-owned enterprise of IBM in China. This move enabled IBM to take a substantial step in the implementation of its strategy in China, and opened a new chapter in the business in China. In 1993, IBM China Co., Ltd. established branches in Guangzhou and Shanghai. By now, IBM's offices in China have further expanded to 26 cities including Harbin, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Chengdu, Xi'an, Wuhan, Fuzhou, Chongqing, Changsha, Kunming, Urumqi, Jinan, Tianjin, Zhengzhou, Hefei, Nanchang, Nanning, Ningbo, Shijiazhuang, Taiyuan and Suzhou, further expanding the coverage of IBM's business in China. Along with the development of IBM in China, IBM China's workforce continues to grow, and now has more than 16,000 employees. In addition, IBM has set up 10 joint ventures and wholly owned companies responsible for manufacturing, software development, services and leasing.
IBM attaches great importance to the investment in technology research and development. 1995, IBM established the China Research Center in China (renamed IBM China Research Institute in 2006), which is one of IBM's eight major research centers around the world, with more than 200 computer experts, a balanced development of the research system that combines basic and applied research, and all-around cooperation with the academic community, clients, business partners, and government agencies, In 1999, IBM took the lead in establishing the China Development Center in China, which is one of the largest software development bases in the world and the largest development center of multinational enterprises in China, with more than 5,000 engineers working on Information Management, WebSphere, Lotus, Tivoli, Rational, etc. at the same time. There are more than 5,000 engineers working on Information Management, WebSphere, Lotus, Tivoli, Rational and other IBM core five brands of software development, and undertake the important development of IBM system z (mainframe) software, to provide customers with top industry solutions. China's system and technology R&D center began to build in 2004, and was formally established in 2007, currently in Beijing, Shanghai, Taipei **** more than 1,200 engineers, specializing in system hardware, software management development, memory, semiconductor technology, etc. In 2008, IBM China's R & D organization has achieved fruitful results, a **** applied for more than 200 patents, published more than 450 papers, and published more than 500 papers. In 2008, IBM China's R&D organization achieved fruitful results, filed more than 200 patents, published more than 450 papers and 9 technical books. Lotus Symphony products developed by IBM China Development Center have gone global and won the "IBM President's Award"; SmartSCOR innovative supply chain solutions developed by IBM China Research Institute won the "2008 Global Supply Chain Innovation Award". The SmartSCOR innovative supply chain solution developed by IBM China Research Institute won the "2008 Global Supply Chain Innovation Award".
In addition, IBM's five global service support organizations continue to develop rapidly in China, including the Global Service Execution Center, Global Sourcing Center Headquarters, Asia-Pacific Business Process Outsourcing Center, call/contact centers, and production and export bases of system products, to provide high-quality services and satisfactory products for customers in China and around the world. The IBM Global Service Execution Centers in China are currently located in Dalian, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Chengdu, *** There are more than 6,000 service specialists providing services to more than 160 clients from 23 different countries, which is the second largest service execution center in the world for IBM after India, and is especially strong in application services (AMS), which just passed the CMMI Level 5 certification in December 2008, marking the first time that IBM has passed the CMMI Level 5 certification in China. Level 5 certification in December 2008, marking that IBM's application service outsourcing in China has reached the most advanced international level.
Over the past three decades, IBM's various information systems have become the most reliable information technology means in many important business areas in China, such as finance, telecommunications, metallurgy, petrochemicals, transportation, commodity circulation, government, and education, etc. IBM's clients have been spreading across all fronts of China's economy. At the same time, IBM in a number of important areas occupy a leading market share, including: servers, storage, services, software and so on.
IBM has been actively seeking cooperation with the Chinese government to bring IBM's leading skills in global information technology services to China, and to strongly support China's growing demand for the development of the service industry. 2006, IBM introduced the concept of "service innovation" to China, and has signed a contract with the Ministry of Commerce to help the "Thousand Hundred and Thousand" service provider. In 2006, IBM introduced the concept of "service innovation" to China, signing a contract with the Ministry of Commerce to assist the "Thousand Hundred and Ten Project" to promote the development of China's modern service industry and the upgrading of export-oriented industrial structure; signing a memorandum of understanding with the Ministry of Education for the "Direction of Modern Service Science" research cooperation program to introduce service science courses into Chinese higher education; cooperating with the Ministry of Health In 2008, IBM and the National Development and Reform Commission's Center for International Cooperation signed a memorandum of international cooperation on the innovation and development of modern service industries, and launched the first pilot project with the Baoding Municipal People's Government in Hebei Province.
Taking from society and giving back to society for the benefit of mankind is a principle that IBM has always pursued, and IBM actively supports China's education cause and has outstanding performance in community activities:
Strategic cooperation with the Ministry of Education for more than 10 years, IBM has helped China's education cause of comprehensive development
In the field of higher education: the beginning of the cooperative relationship between IBM and China's colleges and universities can be traced back to 1984, when IBM and China's universities began to cooperate. The beginning of the partnership between IBM and Chinese universities can be traced back to 1984, when IBM made a series of donations of computer hardware and software to Chinese universities, and in March 1995, IBM signed a memorandum of understanding with the State Education Commission of China (now the Ministry of Education) as a symbol of the official launch of the "IBM China Universities Cooperation Program", a long-term comprehensive partnership whose basic purpose is to enhance the development of China's universities in the field of education and to promote the development of education in China. The basic purpose of this long-term comprehensive partnership is to strengthen the Chinese universities in the field of information science and technology discipline construction and personnel training, has set up more than 100 cooperative laboratories and cooperative technology centers, and more than 20 universities to carry out more than 80 joint "*** enjoy the university research" projects. 14 years, IBM has donated to the Chinese universities and colleges valued at more than 1.56 billion yuan of computers, and more than 1.5 billion yuan of computers. Over the past 14 years, IBM has donated computer equipment, software and services worth more than RMB 1.56 billion to Chinese universities. In terms of university cooperation programs, IBM has established cooperative relationships with more than 60 well-known universities in China. 860,000 students have participated in IBM technology-related courses and training, 80,000 students have obtained IBM's global professional and technical certification, and 6,500 teachers have participated in different forms of teacher training organized by IBM.
In the field of basic education: IBM has actively expanded the scope of cooperation to a variety of aspects. 2001 IBM introduced the KidSmart "Little Explorers" early childhood intellectual development project into China. 8 years IBM has cooperated with nearly 532 early childhood education institutions in 110 cities in various provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions***. Over the past eight years, IBM has cooperated with nearly 532 institutions in 110 cities in various provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions***, and donated more than 3,000 sets of equipment for the KidSmart children's computer learning center project. Since 2004, IBM has further cooperated with the Ministry of Education to carry out the Reinventing Education "Basic Education Innovative Teaching Program" in more than 300 elementary school in more than 200 cities, introducing mature foreign experience and resources into China to better help schools improve teaching effectiveness with the help of IT. The Reinventing Education "Innovative Teaching Program for Basic Education" has introduced mature foreign experience and resources to China to better help schools improve their teaching effectiveness through IT. Through these two programs, more than 10,000 teachers in the field of basic education have received free training from IBM, benefiting 100,000 children. 2003 saw the official launch of the IBM TryScience Around the World youth science popularization program in China. Through this program, IBM has donated 49 sets of multimedia interactive kiosks (IBM TryScience Kiosk multimedia terminals) to science and technology museums in 12 cities to introduce young people to ecological archaeology, space exploration, extreme sports, marine life and other aspects of science knowledge and scientific concepts.
IBM actively undertakes the responsibility of corporate social citizenship
Supporting the reconstruction of disaster-stricken areas: In 2008, during the 5-12 Wenchuan Earthquake, IBM employees in China made donations totaling more than 3.38 million RMB, donated equipment to help government departments rebuild and restore information infrastructure, and developed, donated and deployed the Sahana disaster relief system. In the aftermath of the disaster, IBM initiated the organization of a technical seminar on disaster emergency management to discuss countermeasures with relevant government departments and the business community***.
Launched "Forbidden City Beyond Time and Space": the first virtual world on the Internet that showcases important historical and cultural sites, and provides an interactive experience of visiting the Forbidden City Museum.
Organizing the Corporate Global Service Volunteer Corps: Developing the leadership skills of IBM employees in the context of global economic integration and helping to address the social and economic issues facing emerging markets.
Promoting the development of information accessibility in China: IBM is committed to raising the awareness of information accessibility in the society as a whole, and has worked closely with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), the China Disabled Persons' Federation (CDPF) and other governmental departments, co-hosting the China Information Accessibility Forum (CIAF) for five consecutive years to promote the integration of information accessibility into the government's agenda. We have continued to support the "100,000 Blind People Learning Computer" public welfare activity and participated in the construction of the first digital library for the blind in China, and participated in the construction of the accessible website of the China Disabled Persons' Federation. In the 2008 Beijing Paralympics, IBM's accessibility technology application became an important part of the accessibility construction of the Beijing Paralympics website, and made "accessibility" a highlight of the Beijing Paralympics.
Chinese society and media have fully recognized IBM's outstanding performance and contribution in China, and for six consecutive years, IBM has been named "China's Most Admired Company" and "China's Most Admired Foreign-Invested Company", For six consecutive years, IBM has been recognized as "China's Most Respected Company", "China's Most Respected Foreign-Invested Company", "China's Most Valuable Brand", and "China's Best Employer". From 2005 to 2008, IBM was honored as "China's Outstanding Corporate Citizen" for four consecutive times by the Corporate Citizenship Committee of the China Association of Social Work, and won the "Best Corporate Public Image Award" and "Education Award". IBM was also honored with the "Best Corporate Public Image Award" and the "Outstanding Contribution to Education Award". In the extraordinary year of 2008, IBM also won the "Special Award for China Contribution of Multinational Corporations in the Thirty Years of Reform and Opening Up" and many other awards.
The former CEO of IBM, Mr. Koksner, said fondly of IBM China: "IBM is committed to building a world-leading information technology company for China. IBM China will become the 'IBM of China' and a part of the Chinese economy." IBM's current CEO, Mr. Ming Sheng Peng, further said, "It is not enough to be seen as the best foreign company in China, we want to be the best company in China." Looking back on IBM's growth in China, from the initial stage of strategic experimentation, to the mid-term stage of strategic investment, and then to the stage of full integration, IBM has always carried a deep commitment to China.
In 2009, IBM China will continue to uphold the core values of "customer success, innovation, integrity and responsibility", review the past, based on reality, focusing on the future, and is committed to "*** build a wise China, a wise planet! We are committed to "*** building a smart China and a smart planet", and strive to become the innovation partner of Chinese customers under the vision and layout of globalization, and do our part to build an "innovative country" for China with our own strengths.
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