{"id":665,"date":"2013-06-24T00:58:48","date_gmt":"2013-06-24T00:58:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amchina.org\/nacc\/?p=665"},"modified":"2021-07-19T13:25:09","modified_gmt":"2021-07-19T13:25:09","slug":"cloud-computing-will-help-expand-u-s-china-ties-gary-locke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amchina.org\/nacc\/?p=665","title":{"rendered":"Cloud Computing Will Help Expand U.S.-China Ties: Gary Locke"},"content":{"rendered":"

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From solar energy to cloud computing, China\u2019s government doesn\u2019t hesitate in formulating national policies to encourage and support the development of the country\u2019s new industries.<\/p>\n

Over the last couple of months, several major events in cloud computing in China showed the momentum of the \u201ccloud\u201d growing. With Microsoft\u2019s recently launched Windows Azure services jointly operated with China\u2019s Century Internet, both China and the U.S. see cloud computing as an area for cooperation between Chinese and American companies.<\/p>\n

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While the eyes of the world were turned towards California earlier this month for the Obama-Xi summit, Beijing saw the convening of\u00a0The 5th\u00a0China Cloud Computing Conference<\/a>\u00a0from June 5 to 7, attended by such tech giants as Microsoft, Baidu and Alibaba, among others. The theme of the conference was \u201cBig Data and Big Bandwidth Push Forward Cloud Computing Application and Innovation.\u201d\u00a0Zhang Yaqin,<\/a>\u00a0Microsoft vice president and chairman of the Asia-Pacific Research and Development Group, spoke at the conference on the topic \u201cBig Data Enriches the City of Tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n

The conference was, in fact, a culmination of a series of events in cloud computing.<\/p>\n

In March, there was\u00a0The 5th Cloud Computing China Congress & Cloud Computing User APAC Conference<\/a>. In April, there was\u00a0The 1st\u00a0China International Cloud Computing Technology and Application Exhibition<\/a>. On May 22, with CEO Steve Ballmer and U.S. Ambassador Gary Locke attending,\u00a0Microsoft announced in Shanghai the official launch in China of its Windows Azure public cloud<\/a>\u00a0jointly operated with Century Internet. The next day,\u00a0Locke took a delegation\u00a0of 11\u00a0<\/b>American\u00a0IT<\/b>\u00a0companies to Wuxi<\/a>, in Jiangsu Province, to explore opportunities of cooperation. Among the companies with him were Microsoft, Intel, Motorola, Symantec, and Adobe. But why Wuxi, and not a major hub like Beijing or Shanghai or Shenzhen?<\/p>\n

Back in October 2010, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) designated five Chinese cities as pilot cities for cloud computing innovation and development, and Wuxi was among them. Others were Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Hangzhou. At the same time, the NDRC along\u00a0with<\/b>\u00a0the MIIT and Ministry of Finance (MOF)\u00a0earmarked $243 million<\/a>\u00a0for the industry and allocated the funds to a dozen projects.<\/p>\n

China\u2019s overall development of cloud computing was best summed up at by\u00a0Wu Jichuan<\/a>\u00a0(\u5434\u57fa\u4f20), president of China Cloud Computing Technology and Industry Alliance. \u201cIn recent years, China\u2019s cloud computing has made long strides of progress,\u201d he said at on June 5 at the 5th\u00a0China Cloud Computing Conference.<\/p>\n

Cloud computing \u201chas become an important component of newly emerging and strategic industries<\/a>,\u201d he continued. \u201cApplications of cloud computing have been steadily growing. The scale of public cloud services focused on management and office software along with cloud data centers, cloud storage, cloud hosting and cloud platform has been expanding. Internet search, e-commerce, social management, location services and other Internet services are also moving towards cloud computing architecture.\u201d The steady development is leading to domestic innovation, he remarked. \u201cA chain industry of cloud computing with cloud data centers, big bandwidth strategy, software services and intelligent terminals is in the formation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wu also pointed out problems existing in China\u2019s cloud computing: insufficient infrastructure support, broadband not \u201cbroad\u201d or fast enough, limited types of service, lack of scale, and an incomplete industry chain.<\/p>\n

In other words, there is good potential for growth. According to investment consultant\u00a0Guo Shiliang,<\/a>\u00a0the global market for cloud computing in 2012 was worth more than $107 billion, whereas China\u2019s public cloud services market was worth only $568 million.<\/p>\n

The same potential is also exists for cooperation between Chinese and American companies. Back in 2011, during the\u00a022nd U.S.-China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade<\/a>, cloud computing was already on the agenda for bilateral exchanges.<\/p>\n

Wuxi, where Locke was leading the American delegation, is not only a pilot city for cloud computing innovation, it is also home to\u00a0a five-year-old IBM cloud computing center and where Intel, EMC and NewCloud<\/a>\u00a0have all invested in local projects. \u201cWe are very proud of the development of IBM cloud computing center here, and hope to build a China cloud computer industry center in Wuxi,\u201d Locke said. \u201cChinese businesses need a more mature cloud, while American companies can also find potential opportunities here.\u201d During the visit, the U.S. companies had one-on-one meetings with\u00a040-some local IOT (Internet of Things) and cloud computing companies.<\/a><\/p>\n

Back in Shanghai at the launch of Microsoft Azure, Locke said,\u00a0\u201cNew industries such as cloud computing<\/a>\u00a0will benefit people of America, China and the whole world.\u201d Cloud computing will increase the computing capacity of businesses while lowering their costs, Locke said. It will allow students in remote villages to take classes from various parts of the world, doctors and patients in small towns to communicate with hospitals thousands of miles away, and artists and artisans to sell their works directly across the globe.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0American companies, Locke pointed out,<\/a>\u00a0were very interested in cooperating with Chinese partners, to introduce new technologies to the Chinese people, and release the full potential of cloud technology.<\/p>\n

Locke said Microsoft has brought Azure to China at the right moment:\u00a0\u201cCloud computing will help grow U.S.-China relations,\u201d<\/a>\u00a0he predicted.<\/p>\n

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