CHENGDU, China, Oct. 21 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- A.P. Moller-Maersk Group, the
world's top logistics company, has decided to locate its global service center
in Tianfu Software Park in Chengdu, capital of southwestern China'sSichuan
province, showing the giant's commitment to expand operations in China.
The company will also set up a logistics processing branch as well as a
documents processing center in the software park; the company's new facility
will have total office area of around 15,000 square meters, and will integrate
service operations from Maersk's other branches, covering orders and documents
processing as well as personnel training.
"After careful and thorough evaluations in China and other countries, we
finally chose Chengdu," said Shi Kesheng, vice president of Maersk Group. Four
attractions of Chengdu brought about Maersk's final decision: competitiveness
in business, high efficiency in government approvals, big talent pool as well
as huge market potential, said Shi.
In recent years, lowering operating costs has become many global
companies' new priority. Increasing numbers of foreign firms aim to make their
footprints in the untapped western markets of China. Chengdu, the economic and
financial hub of southwestern China, has been an ideal location for global
companies to take advantage of the city's developed infrastructure, talented
human capital, open environment as well as lower operating costs. At present,
Chengdu has gradually formed a certain cluster of shared service centers.
Numerous world-class companies, including Accenture global delivery center,
DHL Shared Services Center, Lafarge back-office services center, Amazon order
fulfillment center, and domestic players like Alibaba and Tencent, have set up
companies there.
Since 2008, more and more international companies have established their
back-offices or development centers in the city, seeking lower operating
costs,
especially in the wake of global financial crisis. During the first half of
2009, Accenture, DHL, JPMorgan as well as Volkswagen opened their offices in
Chengdu, and 134 "Fortune 500"-listed companies already have market presence
in the city.
Maersk is considering to further increase investments in Chengdu as part
of efforts to expand business in the western market, said Shao Wei, a managing
director of Maersk.
About Chengdu Tianfu Software Park
Chengdu Tianfu Software Park, funded by the Chengdu Hi-tech Zone
Management Committee, has a total planned construction area of 1.3 million
square meters. As of today, over 90 companies including IBM, Accenture, SAP,
Alcatel-Lucent, Nokia-Siemens, Singtel, DHL, Wipro and Symantec have
established operations in the park, now employing over 12,000 people. Tianfu
Software Park is an important partner for the development of local IT and
service outsourcing industry providers, offering support services including
office facilities, recruitment, human resources training, and company setup
facilitation for outsourcing services.
To learn more about Chengdu Tianfu Software Park, please visit
http://www.tfsp.cn/en-us/ .
SOURCE Chengdu Tianfu Software Park
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