【正文】 . Simultaneously,Dalian City was of?cially named the ?rst and only “Internationalized Software Industry Model City” in China. Taken* Corresponding author. Fax: 254。886 4 2632 4044.Email address: (. Jan).Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirectTechnologyTechnology in Society 34 (2020) 163–173include talent incubation, capital accumulation, technicallearning, and innovation [4–6].Sinceallthesefactorsarelinked, the structure of industrial development is extremelyplicated[7,8],andthereforedevelopingpoliciesregardingindustrial development is paratively plex [9].In recent years, China has duplicated the industrialdevelopment patterns of Taiwan in order to pursue its ownindustrydevelopment,andChinahasexhibitedastonishingdevelopment performance. For example, an industrySoftware Export Bases”。D and innovation, talent incubation, and investment from domestic and foreign enterprises. Among thesefactors, talent incubation and key technology developmentrequire time to yield results. Additionally, along with thelinked causal relationships that exist between variables,dynamic and plex phenomenon cannot be clearlyexplained using a single perspective or a single time point[32–35].This study adopted elements of the system dynamicsmethodology to examine the primary reasons why theDalian software industry developed so successfully. Theseelements are:C15 In the process of industrial development, plexrelationships exist between talent, technology, andcapital. However, the analytical methods applied toconventional industries are unable to directly expressthe causal relationships existing among these variables.In contrast, SD causal loops are suitable for analyzingsuch plex structures. An analysis of the causal loopsexplains the impact on the system of linked causalrelationships between variables and the external environment in the process of industrial development.C15 As a long and timeconsuming process, one of the keycharacteristics of industrial development is the changethat follows a time path and shows a dynamic transitivestatus. Industrial development cannot use a single timepoint to understand industrial status。 in 2020 that increased to US$133 million, anincrease of 38%. By 2020 that number had jumped toUS$ million, a 44% increase over 2020. The number ofworkers engaged in the Chinese software industry has alsoexperienced major growth, from 210,000 in 2020 to720,000 in 2020 [37].. The Dalian software industry todayIn 1997, Dalian was designated the “Software IndustryInternational Model City in the National Torch Program” bythe Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’sRepublic of China. The Dalian Software Development Parkwasestablishedin1998,andsincethentheDalian softwareinformation service industry has developed at a poundgrowth rate of over 50%. Industry sales revenue increasedfrom US$25 million 1998 to US$ billion in 2020. Salesvolume is expected to reach the US$7 billion mark in 2020.Today Dalian is the largest base in China for softwareexports. In addition, numerous foreign enterprises haveentered the Chinese market, and currentlyrepresent30% ofall enterprises there, including 30 multinational ITpanies that rank among the top 500 panies in theworld. Thus, the Chinese software industry in Dalian hasbee a rapidly developing and highly internationalizedindustry [13].capital includes machinery equipment, factory, rawmaterial and cash)C15 advancedtechnologyisavailabletorespondpromptlytomarket demand by developing new products andproviding quality serviceC15 talent incubation, technology accumulation, and capitalinvestment help industry clusters to expand theirmarkets.This study evaluates the current status of the Daliansoftware industry in terms of talent, technology, capital,and markets.. TalentOwing to the numerous Chinese industries that havedeveloped recently, and the continually growing demandfor information software that has stimulated supply, thesoftware industry has developed rapidly. In response to theurgent need for talent, the Dalian City government implemented a series of talent incubation and recruitmentmeasures, as detailed below.. Government incubation of software talent. Formalgovernment educational institutions, such as softwareacademies like Neusoft Institute of Information, DalianUniversity of Technology, Dalian Jiaotong University, andDalian University of Foreign Languages, incubate IT talentevery year. Among these institutions, Neusoft is focused onIT techniques and Japanese education. In all, there are 22universities and technology research institutes that canproduce about 3800 software engineering graduatesannually. At the same time, approximately 8600 workerswho are pro?cient in Japanese enter the Dalian job marketeach year.. Software park professional incubation. \The DalianSoftwareParkITIncubationCenterwasformallyestablishedin2020,inacooperativeactionbetweendomesticandwellknown ITpanies. It utilizes the advantages of binedresources to launch the incubation of Japanese softwareengineers and multimedia with professional technologicaleducation in the Japanese language. In addition, the Parkcollaborates with the Japan Technical Assistance Center(TAC) to organize visits to Japan by quali?ed software engineers,trainJapanesesoftwareengineers,andincubatehighquality software talent for Japanbased software developChina IBM. Based on recruitment and management, themanpower service of Dalian Software Park has expandedfurther into talent incubation and education. Besides IBMand Japan TAC, other wellknown global incubation institutes, such as HP, have also developed professional talentincubation education in software, animation, Japanese, etc.,in Dalian, thus not only attracting other famous incubationinstitutes to enter the Dalian