Ambow and Dalian high-tech zone government join hands to create Software and Service Outsourcing Training Base
March 11, The Dalian High-tech Zone and Ambow Education Group strategic cooperation signing ceremony was held in Beijing. The two sides jointly announced the construction of the Ambow (Dalian) software and service outsourcing talent training base. In the next 3-5 years, the training base will be built in Dalian National Park as a professional IT training base for Dalian. It will provide new intellectual and human resources for the city, which is already a global software and service outsourcing leader. Following completion, the base is expected to train 20,000 qualified software and service outsourcing talents each year.
Premier Wen Jiabao stated at the two sessions at this year's government work report that China will have to do everything possible to promote general employment along with the employment of college graduates. ; The report also proposed to vigorously develop the service sector of international outsourcing. The Dalian High-tech Zone, Dalian, and Ambow created the training base in the context of such a big realization. CMC director of the Dalian High-tech Zone Luan Qingwei stated at the conference that in recent years, Dalian's software and service outsourcing industry has seen sustained and healthy development. In 2007, according to world-renowned authority International Data Corporation， Dalian ranked fifth in the world in the latest global offshore delivery index and ranked first in China. In 2008, despite the global financial crisis, the Dalian software service outsourcing industry and the core functions of the District High-tech Zone reached software sales of 25.08 billion yuan, an increase of 40%. of the IDC released the latest global offshore delivery index Dalian ranked the world's fifth, China's first. 2008, despite the global financial crisis, as the Dalian software service outsourcing industry and the core functions of the District High-tech Zone of Dalian software sales income reached 24.08 billion yuan, an increase of 40%.
However, main problems for software enterprises is still "plenty of orders, shortage of talent." Xia Deren, mayor of the Dalian city government, said at a press conference that in order to provide full support for software and information industry development, Dalian will always adhere to the "talent-oriented, talented people first" principle. As the leading provider of education services, Ambow Education Group seeks to work together to improve Dalian’s software service outsourcing personnel training.
Luan Qingwei said that at the present, Dalian's largest enterprise for software service outsourcing only has at most 3,000 people, where as these kinds of enterprises in India have tens of thousands of people. For Dalian, the key to further expansion on the world stage is talent. Dalian hopes that Ambow can help shatter Dalian’s talent bottleneck by providing educational services and software development towards the service outsourcing industry.
Dr. Huang Jin, president of Ambow Education Group, has high hopes for the partnership with the Dalian High-tech Zone. She hopes that the construction of the Dalian High-Tech Zone Training Base will foster further integration with the local economy along with promoting industry-university cooperation. The base will help college students further develop their careers in the service industry.
In order to provide employment services to more students this year, Ambow will carry out various National Employment Promotion works in order to introduce students in Dalian to an IT training and employment platform. The program will provide talented students with practical training, evaluation, and, hopefully, personal employment in the industry.
Ambow Education and Vocational Education Division Chau Huang, general manager of operations centers, stated that last year, the Ambow (Kunshan) Service Outsourcing Industry Park has already been put into operation. In addition, the training base in Dalian will be built and operated similarily to the Kunshan training base. The park itself is divided into a business area, training area, living quarters, and an exhibition center. Following the completion the 100,000 square meter complex, the base will be able to accommodate and train 5,000 people simultaneously.