【正文】 market, but providing thesoftware industry with crucial manpower.. Incubation of special emerging personnel. Witha growing “National Animation Industry Base” and“National Animation and Game Industry RevitalizationBase”, and to ?ll the need for 3D animation engineers, the. Jan et al. / Technology in Society 34 (2020) 163–173 167Dalian Software Park IT Incubation Center introduced anadvanced education system. Based on the Japanese digitalanimation industry, Dalian constructed the Dalian DigitalArt Talent Incubation Platform to promote the development of the animation outsourcing industry in Dalian.. International talent recruitment. In China, the .,Canada, Japan, and other countries, there has been ongoingrecruitment of midlevel and senior professional softwarepersonneltoupgradetheinternationalsoftwareindustryinaccordance with the theme of “Dalian, the Stage of Software Talents.” The goal istoacceleratethe growthofDalianCity’s industrial structure and further promote the overallimprovement of the Dalian software industry in terms ofscale and petitiveness.. TechnologyConcurrent with the rapid growth of the Dalian softwareindustry is the equally rapid growth of talent, which hasdriven a cycle of technological upgrading. The Dalian Citygovernment has actively promoted international cooperation, independent Ramp。D and innovationdepartments in Dalian, which would contribute toupgrading the scale of the Dalian software industry. Forexample, the INTEL Innovation Center (IIC), a joint effortbetween Intel, the Dalian Bureau of Information Industry,and Dalian Software Park, provides a supportive development environment and technical support. The IIC cansupport enterprises through the Intel Technology Platformto develop related software technology and applications,especially for drivers of puter peripherals, governmentapplication systems, and embedded applications. In addition, the TENGINE Lab was developed for independenttechnology development based on simple softwareoutsourcing, which helps advance the development of theDalian software industry. Through a succession of international software and information service trade fairs, theDalian Software Park is being an important platformfor international cooperation in industrial development,technology application, and exchange.. Guiding local software enterprises in Ramp。D technology. Currently, among the 510 software enterprises in Dalian, approximately 350 possess selfowned technologies that they can apply in the ?elds of?nance, electric power, highway information, marine navigation, among others. Many of these software technologieshave played a leading role in China. For example, about 80%of China’s ships use navigation systems developed by Dalianmanufacturers。 eight foreign banks and six foreign ?nancial institutions also have branches in Dalian. In 2020, a joint ventureconstruction project between Dalian Software Park andSingapore Ascendas Group was undertaken to establish the35 ha Dalian Ascendas Software Park, with the two partiesproviding 50% of the total US$63 million investment.. Continued investment of foreign capital. Japan ruledDalianforfourdecades,fromtheendof theRussoJapaneseWar in 1905 to the end of World War II in 1945. Due to thegeographical proximity of Dalian and Japan, mutualexchanges are frequent, and markets in Dalian even acceptJapanese currency, leading to Dalian being known as “LittleJapan.” Presently, more than 100,000 Dalian citizens speak?uent Japanese, and over 2020 Japanese panies havemigrated their technology development and supportinginstitutions to Dalian, including Panasonic, NEC, SONY,Hitachi, and Toshiba. The amount of Japanese capitalinvested in Dalian exceeds US$ billion, representing 10%of all Japanese investment in China.. Gradual establishment of emerging enterprise scale. Inorder to attract foreign enterprises, the Dalian Citygovernment established policies to encourage localsupport. At the moment, 29 local enterprises or panieshave entered the Dalian animation and game industry,including 15 animation production panies, 7 gamedevelopment panies, 5 incubation ?rms, and 2 salesand operations ?rms.. MarketsThe accumulation of talent, technology, and capital hasaccelerated the formation of a regional economy within Dalian have invested heavily in capital and manpower. Jan et al. / Technology in Society 34 (2020) 163–173168for product innovation, they have generally scored signi?cant achievements. Enterprises include Dalian HiThinkComputer Technology, HuaChang Corporation, DalianRunbest Technology Development, Newchoilink Group,DMU Maritech, DLXP, REI Engineering Software (Dalian).,DHTHX, DDIT, Huany Telemunications, and Dalian PortLogistics Technology. All these enterprises have introduceda series of new products that have been widely adopted bymany domestic industries in China.. Outsourcing service. The “AnnualResearchReportonChina’s Software Outsourcing Service Market 2020–2020”[42] indicated that the China software outsourcing servicemarket maintainedrapidgrowth in2020, reaching a marketsize of US$920 million, an increase of % from US$633million in 2020. The largest software and solutions providerin China, Neusoft Group, remained the leader in the Chineseoutsourcing market in 2020, with its internationaloutsourcingrevenuehittingUS$,rankingit?rstamong software outsourcing services in China.. Government roleThe Chinese software industry has relied for considerable support on government help. Such help has e inthe form of implementing correct industrial developmentpolicies at the right time, setting petitive standards,protecting domestic markets, and providing encouragement and preferential tax treatment. These policies aredesigned to achieve a healthy market structure, encourageRam