Recently, “2008 China Open Source Software Competition and the Contest of Open Source Software Innovation and Enterprise Application” was launched in Beijing, which was sponsored by Torch High Tech Industrial Development Center and High Technology R&D Center of MOST, and organized by Co-Create Software Branch of China Software Industry Association (Co-Create Software League) and Software Park Branch of China Association of New and High-tech Zones. 

The Competition is mainly organized by software industry bases of State Torch Program, and participated by software enterprises in the bases, to commercialize and apply open source software technology.

The competition attached more importance to open source software application in enterprises, in particular, shifting the focus from encouraging pure technological development to enterprise application. The Competition will be closed in mid-October.