Shenyang has recently begun to build the biggest software
development training center in Neusoft Park.
The project is expected to complete construction in one
year.
With a 180-million-yuan investment from the Neusoft Group, a
leading software firm, as well as the Shenyang city government and
the Hunnan New District Administration, the software training base
is planned to cover a total of 87,000 sq m of land, including a
22,000 sq m area for a teaching building.
Once operational, the base has been designed to offer
software-related training services to 10,000 students and trainees
annually.
The center will play a significant role in spurring growth of
the city's software industry and help ease the imbalance created by
the rapid development of the sector and the shortage of software
human resources, local authorities said.
Recent years have witnessed robust growth in the city's software
sector, which realized 10 billion yuan in sales revenues and $150
million in exports in 2006.
At present, the city has more than 400 companies involved in
software development. Among them, Neusoft Group has grown into a
top national industrial player.
With fast development of the software industry, the demand for
software developers is growing dramatically.
The sales revenue of the city's software sector is projected to
reach 50 billion yuan in 2010, which means it will require 150,000
to 180,000 professionals involved in the field.
Yet, the current number of professionals in the city is fewer
than 20,000, indicating a huge need for human resource
reserves.
Against the backdrop of the worldwide trend of software
outsourcing, the training base under construction will provide a
rich human resource reservoir for the development of the local
software industry, said Lu Xin, vice-governor of the province.
Meanwhile, the running of training institutes in collaboration
with a company, which is in a better position to get immediate
feedback from the market regarding technological solution
requirements, will also promote educational reform of institutes of
higher learning, Lu noted.
Shenyang's Executive Vice-Mayor Zhao Changyi said that building
the software training base is a key move to boost the growth of the
city's emerging industries including the modern service sector, and
will help the city move closer toward its goal of building itself
into a leading software center in the country.
(China Daily October 12, 2007)
