14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft continues its efforts to make the most of China’s terrific potential in the IT sector, this time with a new agreement with the Hainan provincial government signed this weekend.
The Redmond-based technology giant will open a new innovation center in South China’s Hainan Province, a move that would attract software companies in the fields of tourism and agriculture, according to Li Guoliang, deputy governor of Hainan.
In addition, China.org.cn reports that Microsoft also plans to build a new IT academy in the region that would basically help the company train new IT experts, who would eventually be transferred to other key offices.
Microsoft is betting big on China, especially because it sees the country as a great source of money, so the company recently made its Surface tablets available to local buyers as well.