Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Dejiang met in Beijing on Thursday with Michael Dell, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Dell Inc.

Zhang said the Chinese government had taken measures to deal with the international financial crisis and rolled out support plans for ten sectors including the information technology industry.

This would help improve information technology development and offer more opportunities for foreign IT companies, he said.

The vice premier welcomed Dell to extend its business in China by participating in green IT research and development, TD-SCDMA industry cooperation in urban and rural areas.

Dell said he was confident in investing in China and would promote IT cooperation with the country.

The Dell Inc. a global PC giant, was established in 1984 in the United States. Dell now has two factories in Xiamen, a coastal city in southeastern Fujian Province, a design center in Shanghai and a customer contact center in Dalian, a northeast coastal city, with more than 6,000 employees in China.

Source:Xinhua