Datang Group was founded in 1999, and its parent company is Institute of Telecommunications Science and Technology. It has two listed companies (Datang Telecom and Datang Gaohong), ten wholly-owned, joint-venture and holding companies, eight research institutes and an engineering design institute, which are located in Beijing, Xi, Shanghai and Chengdu respectively, with nearly 10,000 employees. Datang Group is a large-scale high-tech enterprise group specializing in R&D, production and sales of information and communication systems and equipment. In the field of the third generation mobile communication, the TD-SCDMA technical scheme proposed by Datang Group on behalf of China was accepted as an international standard by ITU and 3GPP, ending China's history as a bystander in the field of world communication standards. Datang Telecom Technology Co., Ltd. is a high-tech telecom enterprise controlled by the Institute of Telecommunications Science and Technology. The company was incorporated in Beijing Haidian New Technology Development Experimental Zone on September 2 1 2008. In June of the same year 10, Datang Telecom was listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange with the stock code "600 198". The registered capital of the company is 438,986,400 yuan. Datang Telecom Technology Co., Ltd. is mainly engaged in product development and sales in microelectronics, software, communication equipment and supporting facilities, communication cables, communication terminals, communication engineering, industry informatization and other fields, covering a wide range of fields. As a high-tech backbone enterprise of information industry with independent intellectual property rights in China, Datang Telecom has formed a chip industry with smart cards and SoC chips as its core technologies, a software industry with operation support systems as its core technology, and a communication equipment industry with new generation communication access and related services as its core. In 2000, Datang Telecom Technology Co., Ltd. became one of 16 "863 Plan Achievement Industrialization Bases" announced by the Ministry of Science and Technology. In 200 1 year, Datang Telecom Technology Co., Ltd. ranked the third among mainland enterprises in China in the "Best Small Companies in the World" selected by Forbes magazine. In 2002, it was selected as "Top 50 Most Respected Enterprises in China"; In 2003, ChinaHR.com ranked among the top in the telecommunications industry in the selection of "Top Ten Most Popular Industries for College Students" and "Most Attractive Companies". In 2004, it was selected as one of the top ten most influential communication companies jointly selected by Sina and Communication Industry News. In 2005, it ranked 10th in "Top Telecom Suppliers 100 in China in 2005" selected by China Internet Weekly. In 2006, it was jointly determined by the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Finance, the General Administration of Customs and State Taxation Administration of The People's Republic of China as the 13 batch of enterprise (group) technology centers enjoying preferential policies.