Qilu Software Park one of China's top ten software bases in east China's Shandong Province, will develop into China's largest software park.

An official from the park said that the park will cover 6.5 square kilometers, and is projected to reach 10 billion yuan ( about US$ 1.2 billion) in sales revenue within the coming five years.

In addition to software development, production and exports, the park will also focus on training software professionals.

Set up in 1995, the Qilu Software Park realized a total of over 2 billion yuan (about US$ 233 million) in technology, industry and trade revenue last year.

Over 2,600 software products have been developed in the park during the past six years.

(Xinhua News Agency 09/13/2001)