Founder Group of Peking University was formerly known as Peking University New Technology Company. Starting from 1988, Peking University New Technology Co., Ltd. and Peking University Institute of Computer Technology (now Peking University Founder Institute of Technology) jointly began to develop and sell the laser phototypesetting system for Chinese characters. On this basis, Founder Group of Peking University was formally established in April, 1992. From then on, it began to develop into IT diversified industries such as software development and sales, hardware agent distribution, independent brand hardware production and sales, system integration and so on, with Chinese character information processing technology as the core.
199565438+February, Founder (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd., which includes the IT main business of Founder Group, was listed in Hong Kong, namely Founder Holdings Limited (hereinafter referred to as Founder Holdings). At the same time, Peking University Founder Electronics Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Founder Electronics), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Founder Holdings, was formally established in Beijing, and Peking University Founder Technology Research Institute (hereinafter referred to as Founder Research Institute) was established on the basis of Peking University Institute of Computer Technology. Since then, Founder Group has injected the entire IT business into Peking University Founder Electronics Co., Ltd. at one time. Founder Group, as the management holding company of Founder Holding Company, began to develop in the direction of management collectivization and industrial diversification, and Founder Group's IT main business takes Peking University Founder Electronics Co., Ltd. as its business platform. Its main product, Founder Electronic Publishing System, accounts for more than 90% of the existing domestic newspaper market and about 80% of the existing overseas Chinese newspaper market.
1In May, 998, Founder Group acquired Shanghai Zhong Yan Industrial Co., Ltd. (now Founder Zhong Yan Science and Technology Group Co., Ltd., referred to as Founder Technology for short), and stripped its own brand hardware business such as Founder Computer and Founder Printer from Founder Electronics Company and injected it into Founder Technology.
In September 2000, Founder Holdings Limited acquired Wenrong Technology (renamed Founder Digital), a company listed in Hong Kong, and spun off some system integration services and Internet services from Founder Electronics and injected them into Founder Digital. In addition, Founder Holdings Co., Ltd. has successively spun off some development resources from Founder Electronics and established Founder International, specializing in media publishing business in Japan and South Korea. Founder Holdings also gradually develops Chinese media business in North America and Southeast Asia based on the product technology of Founder Electronics. In April 2002, Founder Malaysia, a subsidiary of Founder Holdings, was listed in Kuala Lumpur.
At this point, Founder Electronics Co., Ltd. of Peking University has completed the process of diversified development and gradual divestiture of IT business, established a business framework with information processing technology as the core, and provided cross-media network publishing software technology, products, sales and services for the information and communication industry, truly becoming a software enterprise focusing on information processing technology.