GE Locates its First Solution Centre in Chengdu Tianfu Software Park
Chengdu China, June 9th, 2010. GE, an American multinational conglomerate corporation in US, the world's largest company, signed an MOU with Chengdu government in Chengdu's day of Expo 2010 Shanghai, formally announced that its first solution centre will locate in Chengdu Tianfu Software Park, the biggest software park in China with total construction area 1.1 million Square Meters. As GE's regional headquarter in China, the centre will integrate multiple businesses together, to provide customers with one-stop services.
Tweet-- GE, an American multinational conglomerate corporation in US, the world's largest company, signed an MOU with Chengdu government in Chengdu's day of Expo 2010 Shanghai, formally announced that its first solution centre will locate in Chengdu Tianfu Software Park, the biggest software park in China with total construction area 1.1 million Square Meters. As GE's regional headquarter in China, the centre will integrate multiple businesses together, to provide customers with one-stop services.
"The centre will not only become GE's regional hub of training, sales &marketing, products & application, exhibition, after-sale service and purchasing, but also will become GE's financial shared service platform for GE's all Groups in Asia-Pacific." Luo Bangmin, the vice president of GE, president and CEO of GE Greater China said.
According to the MOU with Chengdu government, Chengdu will be GE's strategic base in Western China for business expansion, the cooperation with Chengdu government covers transportation, health care, new energy, finance, and SME development, also covers the fields including smart grid, water treatment and environmental protection.
Chengdu, one of the most important cities in China, has gain rapid development since the "Great Western Development Strategy" launched in 2000, Chengdu largely benefited from this program with new large scale investments in infrastructure, education and healthcare and others. Since 2008, a large number of international companies, to further cut costs during the financial crisis, have implanted their back-offices or development centers to Chengdu taking advantage of the large talent pool, lower operational costs, as well as vast business expansion. "Chengdu has become a top investment destination in China", pointed out by American Chamber of Commerce, which released on the 2010 white paper of "American Business in China" recently.
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Tianfu Software Park, as the major base for software and service outsourcing industry development in Chengdu, in past 1 year, has attracted over 50 first-class companies to settle down. Recently, Cisco locates its China's sales company in Tianfu Software Park in May 2010, Siemens locates its China's 2nd IT operation center in the park in April 2010, and Ericsson expanded its R&D center in the park in Jan 2010, as well as other giants like Maersk, Manulife, Wipro, Accenture and domestic big players like Alibaba to settled down.