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Cloud computing, an emerging resource delivery and consumption model that has come along with the development of distributed computing, parallel processing, grid computing and other technologies,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], acquires software, hardware and service resources in the resource pool through Internet. At present, it is undoubtedly a significant focus in the global IT industry. Various countries and regions including the United States, Japan and Europe are considering cloud computing as a field of key strategic development in the future, with considerable investments represented by US‘s Apps.gov and Nebula, UK‘s G-cloud and Japan‘s Kasumigaseki Cloud in order to obtain a leading position in the 3rd wave of IT Revolution.
Under such circumstances, China is also active in developing its cloud computing industry. Hu Jintao, President of China, stated at the country‘s top academic conference in June, 2010, “The rapid development of Internet, cloud computing, Internet of things, knowledge services and intelligent services offers a powerful tool and a favorable environment for service innovations.” Recently, the National Development and Reform Commission and Ministry of Industry and Information Technology jointly issued the Notice on Cloud Computing Service Innovation Development Pilot Demonstration Work, which named Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hangzhou and Wuxi as the five pilot sites for cloud computing service innovation development demonstration work and further illustrated the state‘s general thoughts on and the strategic layout of the country‘s cloud computing development.