How to understand and cooperate
between US-China in CS
Prof. Jinpeng HUAI
administrative vice President of Beihang University
Beijing, May 23, 2006
Contents
• Huge requirement for Computer
Science in China
• How to understand and cooperate
between US and China in CS
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Huge requirement
for CS in China
Huge Demand from IT and its
applications, such as e-Gov, e-Com.,
e-learing, e-Oly Game…
Huge Demand for basic research
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Increasing revenue of Software
Products in China
Data Resource from: CSIA, China, 2006
250
206.6
Billion YUAN
200
152.8
150
100
66
50
82
33
23.8
19.2
6.8 9.2 11.2 13.8
0
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
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Overview of Software Industry in China
Data Resource from: CSIA, China, 2004
China Software Market(Billion YUAN)
350
300
300
240.4
250
200
160
150
110
100
50
79.6
44
59.3
0
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
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Such as huge Space for e-Gov
• In China, there are 2861 counties (not include
Hongkong, Macao and Taiwan)
– their population is 1 Bill, and the GDP amounts to
$500.4Bill, and 56% in China
• The founding for e-Gov in the central Gov is over
$7Bil, while in Local Gov will much more.
• In the 5 year, if founding from the gov. is $2 Bil, its
market will be 10 times, i.e. $20Bil, and the
market in hardware and software will be $5 Bil,
the Service will be $2 Bil. etc,
• Now, we have set 18 Standards related XML and
Web Service in e.Gov.
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Main R&D Resources in China
• 1. NSF of China, basic Research
• 2. Ministry of Science and Tech.
– 1) Hi-Tech Program, In March 1986, Mr.
Deng Xiaoping suggested to start a
national Hi-Tech Program ed, the biggest
R&D program,
– Main mission: enable industry with HiTech
– 2) Key Basic Research Program
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Main R&D Resources in China
• 3. in industries, the national committee
of Developing & reform, Min. of Infor.
Industies, such as NGI
• 4. MOE, China Academy of Sciences,
other Ministries and industry departs
• In addition to education, Universities
play the leading role in R&D
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CS in HE, China
• More than 770 Univers have CS depts,
including school of Software, CS is the
most popular specialty
• In the past 10 years, the student’s
number over 200,000 and increases
each year because of the huge demand
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Challenges in CS, China
• With the rapid developing in IT and
education, we face to many challenges
– How to provide better education program
for students, such as PhD program
– How to play a critical role in original
creation and innovation
– How to improve and evaluate our abilities
– ……
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Contents
• Huge requirement for Computer
Science in China
• How to understand and cooperate
between US and China in CS
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Suggestions for the Cooperation
• In China, we released the next fiveyear planning for R&D, which has been
extensively focused and will play a
great role.
• In many aspects on education and R&D,
we have common interesting
• I suggest
– 1.to set up a joint workgroup to promote
the collaboration fruitfully and successfully
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Suggestions for the Cooperation
• The mission for the joint workgroup
– Discuss some common interesting issues to
promote the understanding, cooperation and
innovation
– Hold one US-China CS Summit each year, such
as the 2nd Summit in US and 2008 in China.
• Someday both of us hold a world-wide Summit.
– Hold related seminars with some fixed topic
in each year
– Get more support from each government
• 2.Set up a Virtual US-China CS Forum
for Leadership through Internet
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Suggestions for the Cooperation
• 3.Some exchanging programs to be done
– Discuss Education cooperation program
– exchanging program for faculties and
Students to each other , such as one term
exchanging program supported by their
government
• 4.Joint R&D program by NSF and NSFC,
MOST, such as supporting some R&D
areas
• 5.Universities to Universities
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Question?
Thanks!
Increasing Software industries
in China
• From 2002 to 2005, increasing in software is 31.5%
annually. By IDC, from 2002 to 2007, the increasing
ratio in China will be held by 25.8% annually 。
• In 2005, the national software industry reach $250bil，
its product and service come into possession of
60% in the domestic， the export reaches $5Bil.
• China will invest $5 Bil in our own software tech.
and products, so that we have the initiative for
– Operating Sys, DBs,
– middleware and their kernel tech.
– Killer Applications
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