China’s Emerging Outsourcing Leadership Role Highlighted by IAOP Chief
International Association of Outsourcing Professionals’™ Chairman Michael Corbett Speaks at China IT Summit
POUGHKEEPSIE, NY, June 27, 2008 – Chinese outsourcing service providers will face more challenging times in the coming year in the U.S. but are well positioned to catapult to an industry leadership position globally, according to the head of the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP)™.
“As Chinese service providers continue to increase their share of the global outsourcing industry, the U.S. will certainly be one of the most important markets in which they need to succeed,” said IAOP Chairman Michael Corbett.
Speaking at the 4th China International Software and Information Service Outsourcing Summit, Corbett said the current U.S. economic slowdown, currency fluctuations and a U.S. Presidential election will all make for very uncertain times.
“In these challenging times, Chinese companies can catapult to a leadership position in this new world of outsourcing by focusing on developing deep outsourcing relationship management talent – something still lacking in even the most advanced areas of our field ,” he said during his keynote address on June 20 at the Dalian World Expo Center in China.
Corbett also spoke about China’s accelerating growth in service outsourcing at the launch of IAOP’s newest chapter in Beijing this month.
The Summit was sponsored by China International Software & Information Service Fair Committee and organized by Dalian Municipal Government. The event highlighted China’s shifting role from being a manufacturing source to a service provider.
Other speakers included Hu Jingyan, director general of Department of Trade in Services, Ministry of Commerce; Gao Wei, president of Dalian Software Park; Dr. Alex Peng, principal of McKinsey; Xu Qi Chang, AMS leader, IBM Global Business Services, China; Wang Xinjie, general manager and senior ISMS consultant, Peking Knowledge Security Engineering Center; and Benny Xian, COO and co-founder of BeyondCore.
About IAOP in Asia
Through its Asian-Pacific Advisory Board, active and growing chapters, and increasing membership base, IAOP provides a wide range of services and programs to meet outsourcing professionals’ needs in the fast-growing Asian-Pacific region.
Among its comprehensive offerings for outsourcing customers, providers, advisors and students in the Asian-Pacific region are the world-renowned Outsourcing World Summit® Conference Series and Outsourcing Leadership events; Certified Outsourcing Professional (COP)™ training programs; and the Global Outsourcing 100™, which ranks Asian outsourcing service providers among the world’s best and fastest growing.
About IAOP
The International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP) is the global, standard-setting organization and advocate for the outsourcing profession. With 40,000 customer, advisor and provider members worldwide, IAOP helps companies increase their outsourcing success rate, improve their outsourcing ROI, and expand the opportunities for outsourcing across their businesses. To learn more, visit www.outsourcingprofessional.org.
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Michael Forbes
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mike.forbes@outsourcingprofessional.org
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