For over two years ABAS Business Solutions (PRC) has been the sales partner of the ERP and eBusiness provider ABAS Software AG, located in Karlsruhe, for China and Hong Kong.

The software provider is now establishing another office in Shenzhen.

The ABAS Business Solutions (PRC) group distributes abas Business Software (ERP; PPC, MRP, eBusiness) in China and Hong Kong.

So far, ABAS Business Solutions (PRC) was represented in Shanghai and Hong Kong, another office in the special economic zone Shenzhen is now added.

Eleven employees will distribute, implement and support the flexible ERP solution in the new subsidiary.

The ERP system is now available in over 20 languages, including traditional and simplified Chinese.

The use of Unicode enables the depiction of the Chinese characters in the graphical user interface of the system.

Linux is very popular in China.

ABAS is a Linux pioneer in the ERP market and has been offering its ERP solution using the open source operating system since 1995, other platforms are Unix and Window.

The long-term Linux experience of the ERP provider gives rise to impetus and demand in China.

Numerous companies are already using abas Business Software in China, further contract conclusions will soon take place.

In 1980 the first special economic zone in China was founded in Shenzhen and is seen as 'the bridge to the Western world'.

Since then, Shenzhen has developed from a small town with 500,000 people to a technology metropolis with approximately 7 million inhabitants.

Now the largest number of specialists in all of China are living in Shenzhen.

Bio-technology, medicine, pharmaceutical industry, environmental technology as well as information and communication technology are the high-tech industries of Shenzhen.

The city is among the most dynamic and creative regions of the People's Republic.

The well developed economic system of free market economy was able to gain an average annual growth of 30% in the past 20 years.

Due to the high number of medium-sized industrial and commercial enterprises, Shenzhen offers an interesting environment for the distribution of abas Business Software.