According to Bao Zhigang, general manager for UFIDA Software Sichuan branch, the company plans to enhance investment in Sichuan to build a military industry solutions research and development center in Chengdu.

The company will also set up a branch in Mianyang and an office in Zigong.

Bao said during the "Annual Summit of Operation and Management Innovation 2009" hosted by UFIDA Software in Chengdu, capital of Sichuan, that the company will recruit 40 new software consultants for these new projects in Sichuan.

Wang Wenjing, chairman and president of UFIDA Software, told local media that with the transfer of the manufacturing industry to the middle and western areas of China and the second and third-tier cities in China, UFIDA Software will also expand its sales and services network to these cities. The company plans to open 16 new branches in 2009, increasing the total number of its branches in China to 64.