RedHat, one of the leading open source solution providers, has opened a R&D center in China, and Jim Whitehurst, RedHat's newly appointed president and CEO, has arrived in China to unveil the center and release the company's new program, the Open SystemC Initiative.

As one of the RedHat's global R&D centers, the R&D Center in China will not only participate in the company's global open source programs, but also serve as an important platform to promote China's open source environment and train and foster talent for China's open source and Linux undertakings.

As another important part of OSCI, RedHat will offer support to the research of independent software vendors and developing enterprise level application solutions in China, encouraging a wider application of open source solutions and helping ISV certified by RedHat to promote their solutions to the global market.