China's Ministry of Information Industry Software and Integrated Circuit Promotion Center says that it has signed with Xiyong Park to set up a branch in Chongqing.

This will be the first branch of MII ever set up in the middle and western parts of China.

The construction of the branch will be initiated within this year and it will include a intellectual property rights and patent declaration consulting service center, a training center, a finance consulting center, a technology achievement transforming center, a software assessing center, a software outsourcing service center, a digital service center, an embedded system development area, and a public experiment and certification center. Upon completion, it is expected to serve as a public platform for government resource sharing and enterprise innovation and experiments.