Beijing Co-Create Open Source Software Co., Ltd. (Co-Create) is an innovative, Beijing-based software company specializing in development, production and application of Linux and the cross-platform office suite sponsored by 8 Chinese famous IT companies. Co-Create was founded in March 2001. In July 2003, Capital Information Development Co., Ltd. (Capinfo) invested in Co-Create and became its the largest shareholder.
The crucial mission for Co-Create is to dedicate our best to developing the one-stop-solution with the self-innovated technical expertise for the computer operation and office application stably and efficiently. With many years of experience and the powerful technical know-how, Co-Create has successfully produced its three knocked-out products of Co-Create Desktop Linux, Co-Create Office and Co-Create Server. Furthermore, a wide range of Co-Create's products have been listed into the Recommended Products Roll For Government Procurement issued by the Ministry of Information Industry (MII), and widely implemented by the various governments and enterprises nationwide. In addition, Co-Create has been successfully assessed and obtained the ISO9001 international quality management system certificate with the excellent quality management system scientifically and professionally.
Co-Create has all along held its faith of promoting the homemade basic software based on the customer-oriented innovation. With the unique features of Linux in security, stability and availability, Co-Create has cost-effectively attached more weights to improve the functionality and compatibility for its products, and provided all customers with the tailored office and application solutions by the most competitive price especially, for significantly solving the headache of legality of software.
Since its foundation, Co-Create has been actively shouldering and successfully accomplishing the diversified missions of science and technology development in terms of the primary research, technical progress, industrialization and application etc from MII, Ministry of Science and Technology 863 Program (the National Hi-tech Research & Development Program) and Beijing Municipal Committee of Science and Technology and so on, the consummation of which laid the solid foundation of flagship position for Co-Create in the field of Linux strategically and consolidated the improvement and update of products as well.
As a key participant and propellent of open source software, Co-Create has transparently exposed the original codes of its products onto the Open Desktop Community exclusively funded by Co-Create so far. In January of 2004, Co-Create honorably became the first Chinese member of OSDL, the famous open source organization. Meanwhile, many international famous software companies have established the longstanding partnership with Co-Create, such as INTEL, IBM, Novell（SUSE）, Open Country and AMD etc. Through the way of establishing and sponsoring the Open Desktop Community widely, Co-Create has also made the great contribution for the further application and development of the open source world by joining the hands of all participants all together.
