China is counting on senior members of the open-source community to help formulate policy ideas to promote open-source software, according to a local software executive.The China Open-Source Software Promotion Union (COPU), a government-backed industry group, has established a think tank composed of 19 prominent open-source executives from overseas to develop a framework for better international cooperation.The group will hold its first meeting in Beijing during July and will meet annually, said Song Kewei, the assistant to COPU’s chairman. Its primary focus is to advise COPU on how local companies and the government can promote the adoption and development of open-source software in China, he said.Among those that have agreed to participate in the group are Brian Behlendorf, cofounder of the Apache Web Server Project; David Axmark, cofounder and vice president of MySQL; Marc Fleury, founder and chief executive officer of JBoss; and Andrew Morton, the maintainer of Linux kernel version 2.6. -Sumner Lemon, IDG News ServiceFor related news coverage, read China’s Baidu, IBM Team Up for Lotus Notes Search. Check out our CIO News Alerts and Tech Informer pages for more updated news coverage. Related content brandpost Sponsored by SAP Generative AI’s ‘show me the money’ moment We’re past the hype and slick gen AI sales pitches. Business leaders want results. By Julia White Nov 30, 2023 5 mins Artificial Intelligence brandpost Sponsored by Zscaler How customers capture real economic value with zero trust Unleashing economic value: Zscaler's Zero Trust Exchange transforms security architecture while cutting costs. By Zscaler Nov 30, 2023 4 mins Security brandpost Sponsored by SAP A cloud-based solution to rescue millions from energy poverty Aware of the correlation between energy and financial poverty, Savannah Energy is helping to generate clean, competitively priced electricity across Africa by integrating its old systems into one cloud-based platform. By Keith E. Greenberg, SAP Contributor Nov 30, 2023 5 mins Digital Transformation feature 8 change management questions every IT leader must answer Designed to speed adoption and achieve business outcomes, change management hasn’t historically been a strength of IT orgs. It’s time to flip that script by asking hard questions to hone change strategies. By Stephanie Overby Nov 30, 2023 10 mins Change Management IT Leadership Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe