The “2010 Ningguo SME Informatization Summit” co-hosted by the China Association of Small and Medium Enterprises, IBM, and the Ningguo Municipal Committee and Government was held in Ningguo City, Anhui Province. IBM’s smart earth strategy concept was issued to second-tier cities.

IBM fully supports He Guowei, Vice President of Greater China for IBM SMEs - Systems & Technology Department and Channel Division: "IBM attaches great importance to the development of SMEs that account for more than 99% of the total number of Chinese enterprises, and the healthy development of SME groups has an impact. The entire national economy, as early as in 2008, IBM has put forward the strategic concept of 'Smart Earth' and 'Smart City' and is committed to providing governments and enterprises with comprehensive support and services for information and intelligent construction. In response to the call for national integration, IBM will use the advantages of leading informatization technology, through economical, easy-to-use, dynamic optimization, and green and efficient industry-integrated solutions, to a large number of SMEs in many regional markets represented by Ningguo. Provide comprehensive business support, build a smart system, help promote industrial upgrading and successful business transformation!”

Li Zibin, president of the China Association of Small and Medium Enterprises, said: “At present, the economic environment is severe and the industry’s profits are becoming thinner. SMEs are faced with more fierce competition than ever before. They need to maintain business innovation from time to time to enhance their core competitiveness and upgrade their business. The transformation and transformation will grow in the competition. To further implement the State Council's "Several Opinions on Further Promoting the Development of SMEs," and to support the national policy of "convergence and integration," the China Association for Small and Medium Enterprises and the international leader IBM have established strategic partnerships. In order to help SMEs to understand and master the latest information technology, to implement standardized, efficient and scientific management and management, to promote the development of SMEs through information technology, to support the transformation of the industrial structure of regional markets, to help SMEs cope with the crisis and win in the future!"

IBM smart system empowers the Chinese market IBM's "Smart System" advocates ideas optimized for workloads, innovative cloud architectures, and a green and energy-efficient IT economy. It is committed to helping companies achieve maximum IT value in a green manner and through flexible Efficient cloud architecture creates new business development space for users and achieves the best commercial performance to drive business model transformation so as to seize opportunities and grow in the future.

So far, IBM has established more than ten R&D centers in China, including IBM China Research Institute, IBM China Development Center, and IBM Innovation Center. It has more than 3,000 technical experts and more than 1,000 consulting experts. In addition, IBM has established Global Service Implementation Centers in Dalian, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Chengdu and Wuhan respectively, which indicates that IBM's application service outsourcing in China has reached the most advanced level in the world. In terms of regional market coverage, as of 2010, IBM's offices in China have expanded to include 29 cities in Hefei, and has more than 3,000 channel partners in the country. These resources will be provided to the majority of SMEs in China. More targeted and efficient local support.