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Experts to help restore Tang relics in the US

DavidCao01 — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 06:35:05 +0000

XI’AN: The Daming Palace Foundation in Shaanxi’s provincial capital has recruited five volunteers from the Shaanxi provincial history museum, Xi’an cultural relic protection and restoration center and Xi’an archaeological institute.

They are excellent experts in the repair of stone, pottery, tri-colored relics, ancient constructions, tablets, calligraphy works, paintings and metal. Some of them have worked in their fields for 30 years.

After training, two of the five experts will go to the United States to repair two stone horse sculpture reliefs dating back to the Tang Dynasty (AD618-907), said Guan Zhaoyi, deputy secretary-general of the foundation.

It is in response to a request from the University of Pennsylvania, where they are on display, Guan added.

Six horse reliefs once lined the corridor of the Tang emperor Li Shimin’s mausoleum. Li owed much of his military success to six horses he rode into combat, so he ordered reliefs of the animals to be carved and placed in his tomb to accompany him in the afterlife.

The images, which feature the horses in different poses, are true-to-life specimens of Tang-era sculpture.

Smugglers stole the reliefs in 1918 but were stopped by locals in Tongguan, Shaanxi. However, the thieves still managed to get two of the artworks to the US, while the other four ended up in Xi’an’s Forest of Steles Museum.

As the two reliefs were broken into several pieces during transport, the University of Pennsylvania Museum had asked the foundation to send two experts to work with their American counterparts to restore them.

Lots of volunteers signed up from April 16 to May 16 as it will be the first time China sends experts abroad to repair Chinese relics.

A panel consisting of top-notched experts in relics, relic protection and repair first chose seven volunteers after reviewing their resume early last time and then chose the five after interviews, said the foundation’s deputy secretary-general Sun Fuxi.

Sun said the US university had earmarked $70,000 for the restoration, which is expected to take a month.

“We hope the two horse reliefs will be perfectly repaired and can be exhibited overseas in the future,” Guan said.

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-07/06/content_8381366.htm

Embedded Alley Delivers Development System for Android-based Devices – Takes Android Beyond Mobile

DavidCao01 — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:15:02 +0000

San Jose, California and Taipei, Taiwan, June 1, 2009 – Embedded Alley, a leading provider of embedded Linux® solutions, today announced shipment of the Embedded Alley Development System for Android-based Devices. The Development System enables development of Android-based intelligent devices built on MIPS Technologies’ processors, targeting applications in domains beyond mobile handsets. Delivery of the Embedded Alley Development System enables both systems and applications developers to extend the reach of Android to encompass multimedia, Mobile Internet Devices, digital video and home entertainment, automotive, medical, networking, instrumentation and industrial control.

Embedded Alley is working closely with open source community maintainers, MIPS Technologies and the MIPS® partner ecosystem. The company sustains strong participation in key open source projects (including Open Embedded, ALSA and Linux kernel development) to ensure upstream integration of Android support in key project code. Equally, Embedded Alley cultivates and maintains strategic partnerships for thoroughgoing commercial support of Android device and application development. “We look to Embedded Alley as both an ecosystem partner and as an ambassador to key open source projects,” commented Art Swift, MIPS Technologies vice president of marketing. “With deep experience in embedded Linux, the MIPS architecture and multiple application domains, they will help enable OEMs to leverage the powerful combination of Android and MIPS.”

“The opportunities presented by Android span the gamut of intelligent devices types and markets,” noted Matthew Locke, Embedded Alley COO. “To meet the visible and growing demand for Android enablement in new designs, Embedded Alley has made significant investment in creating and delivering our Development System.” These investments include:

Porting the Dalvik virtual machine underlying Android to the MIPS architecture, including architecture and build support and comprehensive optimization for Dalvik acceleration on MIPS cores
Extending Android bionic library, linker and other Android infrastructure to the MIPS architecture
Providing an Android-compliant Linux kernel and configuration tools for the RMI Au1250 SoC and MIPS processors
Integrating and testing board support and industry-specific device drivers, CODECs and other middleware
Supporting the MIPS architecture in the Android Software Development Kit (SDK) and Android targets in the Embedded Alley customizable Development System

Embedded Alley Development System Features

Supporting Android for MIPS-Based^TM devices entails a range of capabilities and investments above and beyond supplying a stock Linux kernel. The Embedded Alley Development System for Android-based Devices features:

Support for cross development of system-level and application software for MIPS-based devices hosting the Android platform
Up-to-date MIPS production kernels (2.6.28) for MIPS CPU cores, run-time libraries and other core components for Android
Optimized Dalvik Virtual Machine and JNI (Java Native Interface)
Android Application Framework and SDK (Eclipse Plug-in)
Android Device Emulator for Eclipse

Availability

The Embedded Alley Development System for Android-based Devices is available immediately and includes support for select MIPS architecture boards from RMI and other MIPS licensees. RMI will be demonstrating Embedded Alley support for Android on the Alchemy Processor family at CompuTEX in Taipei, Taiwan on June 2-6, 2009. Contact Embedded Alley for more information athttp://www.embeddedalley.com or via email at info@embeddedalley.com.

Xi’an combines culture with high tech

DavidCao01 — Sun, 10 May 2009 00:14:57 +0000

www.chinaeconomicreview.com. As the capital city of Shanxi Province and a world well- known historical and cultural city, Xi’an is an important base for scientific research, high-education, science and technology industry for national defense and high- tech industries.

With a population of 8,305,400, Xi’an has 9 districts and 4 counties, which is an area of 10,108 square kilometers.

Xi’an plays an important role in West Development Strategy. Its advantages lie in three aspects: tourism resources; being a base of scientific research and education and high-tech industries of China; being a center of finance, commercial trade, transportation and information.

Eight significant advantages of Xi’an:

1. Being located in the center of land territory of China, it has become the largest node city in the trunk road network of the whole country and an important traffic hub to connect north-south ‘Grand Cross’ railway network.

In 2005, international flights from Xi’an to London, Paris, New York, Frankfurt, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Vancouver have been opened. With 29 international flights, Xi’an has become the fourth-largest international air hub city.

2. Xi’an is a city with solid science and technology foundations and high innovation ability. It is an important base of scientific research, higher education, national defense science and high tech industries in China ranking third in China.

There are over 3,000 various types of scientific research institutions, including 93 national key laboratories, 29 national scientific research or industry testing centers, 400,000 professional technical personnel.

3. Xi’an focuses mainly on mechanical equipment, transportation, electronic information, aerospace, bio-medicine, food and beverage and petrochemicals. It has become a research and development center and production base of China at present for high-voltage power transmission equipment.
In 2007, the total output value of city based industries was RMB160 billion.

4. Xi’an has adequate supply of energy and human resources. In this respect, Xi’an is better than many other cities of China. Being in proximity of important energy base of the north of Shaanxi Province, Xi’an is rich in coal, natural gas and oil and has an adequate energy supply for industrial and residential use.

Meanwhile, the human resources cost in Xi’an is about 1/3 of the average cost of eastern coastal areas.

5. Xi’an has large number of cultural relics and abundant tourism resources.

6. Xi’an has broad financing channels and relatively complete financial system.

Alibaba points out that Qinling Mountain whose ridge reaches 2000-2800 meters in altitude lies in the south of Xi’an and it is an important boundary line to separate the north from the south geographically in China.

With an area of 10,108 square kilometers, it has a population of 7,250,000, among which there are built–up areas of 222 square kilometers and the city population is 5,163,000.

More Foreign Companies Moved to Western China

DavidCao01 — Sun, 10 May 2009 00:12:27 +0000

Xi’an China. Many multinational enterprises, consider tightening their belts and, particularly, under the impressions of the cold spell caused by the global economic crisis, are closing down workshops in some countries or, as a minimum, trim their staff. Costal areas of our country, likewise, experience this situation. Plenty of JV-companies went even bankrupt.

Xian Region and, especially Xian HTDZ, experience an inverse situation, however. More than 10 foreign enterprises are currently preparing to move into Xian.

On Feb. 26^th, the Asia investigation group of American Cooper Industry inspected their new construction workshops of Xian, which were set up on schedule, although it was snowing heavily. This plantIt is the first factory of American Cooper Industry in Xian. After establishment of the first workshop, they will move part of their production lines of American, British, Denmark, Mexico areas to Xian. Total invested amount will be US$ 20 bn.

Mr. Wen Jun-ming ( GM of Cooper Xian Fusegear Co.,Ltd ) said cost were the most important issue under pressure of the crisis, and regarding cost concerned, Xian as a production location is much more advantageous than European and American areas.

On March 10^th, workers were busy for the gas sensor production lines in the workshop of Xian System Sensor Electronics Co. Ltd. This production line was being moved to Xian from their British workshop. Annual production value will increase by about US$ 50 mn. It is estimated that all System Sensors production lines in U.K. will be moved into Xian before 2010.

American System Sensor Co. decided to move their British workshops to Xian when the crisis was looming large. They become active and moved one of their production lines to Xian for trial production. But as there were no redundant workshops in Xi,an area available at that time, HTDZ supplied the ground for System Sensor to assist them to build the new workshop here, and selected the technical employees for them with preferential policies. The production line was officially taken into operation last Oct.

Mr. Zhang Xiong-fei (Vice-GM of Xi’an System Sensor Electronic Co. Ltd) said lower cost are one important aspect for foreign companies to choose Xi’an area, another reason is the availability of technical talents.

With American Cooper Co. Ltd., productivity rate was, more or less, 75%, when they were in the U.K workshops; it is now up to 95% in Xi’an area after technical innovations. At present, the company is considering exchange of their all British production workshops against workshops in Xi��an. They will also move their Australian and Canadian production lines to Xi’an.

Further on, it was reported that American NOWHere has moved one production line to Xi’an from Italy since last Aug. They are, moreover, planning to move another 2 production lines here in 2009.

Vishay moved 6 production lines from Mexico to Xi’an HTDZ last year and prepares to move another production line here in 2009.

The investor of Huatian Telecomnic stopped production in America and Japan and decided to move the main production lines to Xi’an HTDZ. At present, more than 20 foreign enterprises are discussing with HTDZ removals from their European and American production locations to Xi’an HTDZ.

Nearly all multinational enterprises which were affected by the Crisis in 2008 are concentrating their investment. Under the adding tensed economic situation many fortune 500 enterprises, such as a. m. American Cooper Industry, Dezhou Instruments, Royal Dutch/Shell Group, Finnish Nokia, German Siemens, also Pingan Insurance of China are investing and seting up their branches or workshops in Xi’an area. About 60 foreign companies were approved for investment.

Why do so many foreign companies venture into Xi’an, particularly, into Xi’an HTDZ during the hardship period?

Against the background of the global economic crisis analyses of experts have it that on the one hand, it becomes much tougher for foreign companies to draw loans from the banks for their regular operations. In addition, market shrinkage and an increase of operating cost forces them to react.

On the other hand, the crisis shows much less effects on the domestic market than on markets abroad and, within China, less effects in the centre, western and north-western provinces than in those at the coast. Among the advantageous areas within the country, again, Xi’an area is favoured, owing to its a. m. special conveniences. The way to Xi/an, by moving production lines here, is consequently the best choice to alleviate consequences of the crisis and to avoid additional losses. In addition, abundant human resources, high-quality labours and low-cost are at easy reach for investors.

Inversely, investment by these multinational enterprises will be bound to boost development of local industries.

In order to procure more investment opportunities, HTDZ is establishing new policies to attract these multinational enterprises for removal of their advanced manufacturing industries here. Such preferences include:

1. To abate certain cost for applying multinational enterprises, and allow a certain subsidies for rent fees

2. To provide certain subsidies for the movement, transportation and installation of the equipment, for instance.

3. To provide certain housing subsidies for talents, if they are prepared to work in Xi��an for a certain period; more preferential policies and subsidies are foreseen for their Children at school age.

4. To provide certain discounts for loans, if foreign company employees or talents moved equipments are up to certain value to Xi��an.

5. To extend the number of international schools to provide for an educational environment for foreigners, if required.

Source: Xi’an High Tech Development Zone.

Xi’an Attracting Talents from Shanghai

DavidCao01 — Sun, 10 May 2009 00:04:43 +0000

Xi’an, China. During a talent fair for advanced level talents in Shanghai, held on Feb 28^th. The vigorous demand, within Xi’an HTDZ alone, was explained to about 800 applicants by Mr. Dang Jian-rong (Secr. of the Disciplinary Committee). He also explained policies available to interested talents and the developed working environment of Xi��an HTDZ.

31 companies within Xian HTDZ offer, at present, 148 job openings for additional advanced-level talents.

The fair in Shanghai released, in total, more than 160 jobs to applicants, most of whom with a working experience of several years in renowned international and domestic enterprises. Unlike impressions left in previous job fairs in Shanghai, this one had the traits of an discerning human resource exchange place for qualified and effective persons.

The search comprised JAVA software development engineers, network system software development engineers, human resources and sales officers, moreover, some for company executives.

Xian HTDZ was an attraction, not only for many elite-applicants of Shanghai, but also of Jiangsu, Anhui and other areas from the well-known- but currently somewhat ailing – economic hot-bed triangle Shanghai/Hangzhou/Nanjing.

Upon three hours of explanations and interviews, the participating Xian companies collected a total 473 resumes, and decided to consider 148 persons. Xian Huaxia Information Co. alone accepted 34 resumes for 20 vacancies to be filled.

During the additional human resources fair, The 2^nd 2009 Zhejiang advaHTDZ now Attracting as well Talents from Shanghaiced-level talent Fair, organized by Emerson and other 16 companies from Shanghai to Hangzhou Xi��an companies could collect 148 resumes for additional 51 vacancies to be considered.

The strong demand for Xian by experienced job applicants may indicate, not only the temporary answer to constraints of the present economic situation, but also a change of the tide with respect to preparedness to consider further development of the West and Northwest of the country an acute request of the Central Government since many years.

Xi’an High Tech Development Zone Overview

DavidCao01 — Sun, 10 May 2009 00:01:14 +0000

Industries strongly represented and/or promoted in XHTDZ:

Software generation and processing,
Communication,
Environmental protection (at pres.: 34 enterpr.),
Bio-pharmaceuticals,
New and Creative products

However, owing to the specific infrastructure and environment,

XHTDZ is a secure haven for all types of high-tech industries.

See also: “At the Sill“

Present economic situation enforces

ploughing vigorously into, among others, the Centre,

and the Northwest of China for economic development.

Xi’an is the gateway to these large and important areas.

The City is also well-known for her abundance

of human resources and for her modest cost level.

Many enterprises of all industries (domestic and foreign)

being invited to participate in the “New Deal”

have noted the opportunities and now apply for

settlement and operation in Xi’an.

Have a closer look to what is on their docket.

See also: “News & More”

Here some general data.:

Economic Figures 1 for Xi’an (2002 to 2007) were as follows

Subjects	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
GDP 1)	82.7	94.7	110.2	127.0	147.4	176.4
Industry 2)	35.4	40.7	47.7	54.0	63.8	77.3
(Industrial Output) 3)		97.5	118.5	130.9	155.7	198.0
Service 4)	42.5	48.9	56.5	66.5	76.4	90.9
Investment 5)	33.8	47.8	64.7	83.5	106.7	134.1
GDP per capita 6)	11,766.0	13,210.0	15,205.0	17,124.0	19,568.0	21.399
Income per capita 7)	12,138.	13,504.0	15,473.0	17,728.0	20,475.0	25,012.0
Price Indices industr. Products 8)	98.2	101.5	102.7	103.9	103.2	101.9

Source: Xi’an Statist. Yearbook 2007

FDI and Foreign Trade Figures for Xi’an (2002 to 2007) were as follows

FDI realized in mn. US$		255.6	276.0	571.1	824.6	1.116.0bn
Foreign Trade in bn. US$	1,9	2,3	3,1	3,9	4,2	5.4

Legend to a. m. Tables

1)= in bn. RMB

2)= in bn. RMB; Industry = Secondary Sector

3)= in bn. RMB;

4)= in bn RMB; Service = Tertiary Sector

5)= in bn. RMB; investment = fixed asset investment

6)= in RMB; GDP: No. of popul. by end of resp. year

7)= of all employed persons

8)=each index against previous year

The source of Xi’an Statist. Yearbook tells more:

For Xi’an:

Per capita GDP in 2006 was ¥ RMB 19,567, against 2001 an increase of 85.0% (2007 /)

Per capita income/a. of all persons employed in 2006 was ¥ RMB 20, 475, against 2001 an increase of 270.90%.

Total Retail Sales of Consumer Goods were ¥ RMB 213 mn., with a growth of ¥ RMB 102 mn or up108.8% against 2001.

Moreover, Xi’an has become the hub of economy, finance, commerce & trade and information in Northwest China.

21 banks listed

Ø Took care of deposits of RMB 406.6 bn in ’06 (+12.0% against ’05) (2007?)
Ø Their lending was 234,5 in ’06 (+ 9.0% against ’05) (2007 ?)

HTDZ shows a development in compliance with that of its mainstream industry:

Operative Revenue and Industrial Output Value of HTDZ (1991 to 2007) were as follows:

Net Profit of and Tax paid by HTDZ (1991 to 2007) were as follows:

Persons employed by HTDZ (1997 t0 2007) were as follows:

General Added Value and Industrial Added Value of HTDZ (1998 to 2007) were as follows:

Source: Statist Service of Xi’an HTDZ and Xi’an Statist. Yearbook 2007

Although HTDZ welcomes all High-tech industries, economic development has shown that certain clusters have evolved and are forming now the mainstream industries in HTDZ.

XHTDZ welcomes all high-tech industries warmly.

However, development within XHTDZ has shown

that certain clusters have evolved and are forming

the mainstream industries, at present.

These industries are the following:

n Software generation and processing

n Communication

n Environmental protection (at pres.: 34 enterpr.)

n Bio-pharmaceuticals

n New and Creative products

Sustained and rapid amelioration of economy and continuous parlaying of regional advantages is one of the fore most devises of HTDZ.

Xi’an Delegation’s Trip Postponed to June 11 Due to Swine Flu

DavidCao01 — Tue, 05 May 2009 19:43:10 +0000

The delegation from Xi’an, China’s largest R&D Center, had postponed its trip to silicon valley due to Swine Flu. The trip was originally schedule for May 7. Led by Mrs. Jianrong Dang, the Deputy Director General of Xi’an Hi-Tech Park which is one of the 5 certificated Hi-Tech Parks in China by Central Government to recruit and attract overseas to either Start up business or work inside the park. The current date set to be June 11. But the final schedule will be determined by how soon California can take control the spread of Swine Flu.

Xi’an Looking For Talent From Silicon Valley

DavidCao01 — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 04:19:11 +0000

A Delegation from Xi’an , China’s largest R&D Center, will visit Silicon Valley at May 7. Led by Mrs. Jianrong Dang, the Deputy Director General of Xi’an Hi-Tech Park which is one of the 5 certificated Hi-Tech Parks in China by Central Government to recruit and attract overseas to either Start up business or work inside the park. Mrs. Dang has more than 15 years experience in the hi-tech park, and witnesses the hi-tech park from nothing to the well developed area which ranks top 5 nationwide in comprehensive category issued by many authorities.

The delegation also includes the Director of Human Resource Center which has strong connection with enterprises all over the city and the Deputy Director of Xi’an Incubation Center where many small business and oversea start-ups are located, who knows the related regulation, supportive policies and other necessary information well to help answer questions the overseas might have in mind. More than that, several successful oversea entrepreneurs who relocated and started business in Xi’an are invited to share their stores and experience at the event.

During the event, valuable information as below, but not limited to, will be brought on for your consideration:
1). General policy issued by central government for attracting overseas to start up business or work in domestic enterprises.

2). General background about Xi’an city, including infrastructure, business and living environment, resources and competitiveness advantages as well as overall industries

3). Regulation and Preferential Policies issued by provincial, municipal governments and Xi’an Hi-Tech Park for overseas, which will cover financial subsidy, settle-down help, children education, insurance, HUKOU or permitted residence, employee training & recruiting, and other concerned issues.

4). Attend panel discussion to learn successful stories presented by oversea returnee and share experience

5). Job-openings and other opportunities

The event will organized by Richard Liu, the Chief Representative, Xi’an Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone. And will be cohost by Global Sourcing Alliance (GlobalSourcingInfo.org), and Xi’an Software Outsourcing Alliance.

China’s R&D Center Expands Support for Outsourcing Business

DavidCao01 — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 04:14:40 +0000

Xi’an, well known as R&D centers for lots of large companies in China, had enhanced its effort in software offshore outsourcing. As the outsourcing center for Huawei, ZTE, Datang Mobile, and many other software companies, offshore outsourcing had succeeded BPO in the past two years. The XA high tech zone, which hosts most of the offshore development centers, release lots of new policies in supporting offshore outsourcing companies recently.