China has granted the "national software export base" status to its five more cities, entitling them to special treatment and financial support from the government, as part of its efforts to compete with India.
The Chinese ministry of commerce has just granted the status of national software export base to Guangzhou in southern China, Nanjing, Hangzhou and Jinan in east China and Chengdu in southwest China.
With the six existing bases - Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Xi'an, Shenzhen and Dalian - China now has 11 national software export bases.
Indian software giants like TCS, Infosys, Satyam, Wipro, NIIT and iflex are already present in Chinese cities like Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Dalian, Shenzhen and Guangzhou.
Chinese vice-minister of commerce, Yi Xiaozhun said