Economy and Business

DHC adjusts for better development

By Zhang Xiaomin (China Daily Dalian Bureau)
Updated: 2010-06-25 16:40

Dalian Hi-Think Computer Technology Corp (DHC) is making self-readjustment and enhancing the capabilities of the technical team in a bid to attract more high-level contracts, Liu Jun, CEO of DHC, told China Daily on the sidelines of the ongoing Eighth China International Software and Information Service Fair (CISIS) on Wednesday in Dalian.

"The rapid growth covered many problems. At the time when we are experiencing rather slow development, we can get down to solve the existing problems," said Liu.

According to him, DHC had kept growing by more than 30 percent annually since it was established in 1996. For the first time, the figure dropped to less than 10 percent in 2009 because of the global financial crisis.

As a leading IT outsourcing company in China, DHC provides IT solutions and services to global enterprises in America, Europe, Japan, and China. The Japan-oriented business occupies more than 70 percent of its total business.

Liu believes DHC will enjoy better development as long as it can gain the ability to provide high-quality products, increase the added value, and move towards the high-end of market step by step.

"It is also the solution of China's software and information outsourcing sector," he said.

In the domestic market, more and more cities are looking at the huge outsourcing pie and trying to get a share of it. DHC is a hot property for the software parks mushrooming all over the country in recent years. In fact, the Dalian-based company has already set up development and training centers in Beijing, Tianjin, Jinan, Shenzhen, and Japan.

"Many software parks invited us to set up subsidiaries," said Liu, "We should think carefully what we can do for the local software sector and whether we can realize long-term development there."

Liu said a responsible company should not just take advantage of the favorable policies and set up eye-candy offices.

When DHC was established in 1996, there were fewer outsourcing companies in China, not to mention software parks. As a pioneer of Dalian's software sector, which exported over $1.4 billion software products in 2009, Liu spoke highly of the city's efforts in developing the IT sector.

"Dalian has been making full efforts to develop the software industry in the past decade. With the support of government, Dalian now boasts a very suitable environment for the software industry," he said.

DHC will continue to base on its headquarters in Dalian and expand in both the foreign and domestic markets, said Liu.