A Chinese IT giant in east China's Shandong Province declared that it had established a global strategic cooperation partnership with Microsoft.

As one of the biggest IT enterprises in China, Langchao Group's business covers four fields including PC, application software, commercial terminal and mobile telecommunication.

Langchao's cooperation with Microsoft has been on-going. The strategic cooperation of both sides will depend in part on the software research and development, technological training and enterprise management.

Langchao has two companies listed in China's mainland: Langchao Information and Langchao Software. Langchao Electronics is listed in Hong Kong.

So far, Langchao has established software research and development centers in the United States and Japan and has enjoyed good cooperation with famous international IT giants such as LG of the Republic of Korea, NEC of Japan and IBM of the U.S.. 

(Xinhua News Agency January 13, 2005)