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In 2008, China further stepped up efforts toward infrastructure development including railways.

In 2008, emulational products became the buzz catching attention from all sides including the government, with greater impact on relevant industries and markets.

In 2008, despite steady growth in total logistics spending, under the impact of the global financial crisis, China's PMI index continued to fall, and exports were dealt a heavy blow.

In 2008, the IT application market in China's government sector maintained growth.

In China, PLM software still in guided period of rapid development, and it has wide applications in market segments, such as machinery manufacturing, electronic manufacturing and automobile.

In 2008, with the background of raw materials' price increasing, cost pressure rising, quality control and environmental protection requirements increasing, MES software's cognition degree has stably improved

In 2008, the informatization process in telecom industry sped up, and the growth in overall market scale of IT applications in telecom industry remained stable.

In 2008, growth is still the theme of China's BI market. BI software could be divided into two kinds of applications, decision support application and data management application.

In 2008, China's server market keeps growth trend; but affected by financial crisis, the growth rate slows down; the competition in this market is heating up.

In 2008, green energy-saving and virtualization are the theme throughout the whole server industry chain.