What Cloud Computing Center does

The Cloud Computing Center (东莞中科云计算研究院) is a government-cosponsored research institute co-built by the Dongguan Municipal Government and the Chinese Academy of Sciences in October 2011. It operates as a hybrid R&D and technology-transfer entity, running a 439-person bench that includes 6 CAS academicians, 61 senior-title researchers, and 97 doctoral/master's degree holders, and leads 15 industry alliances across cloud computing and smart-city domains.

Its core asset is the proprietary G-Cloud Cloud Operating System, a self-developed foundational software platform holding 33 patents and 134 software copyrights with MIIT certification, deployed in 50+ Chinese cities for e-government workloads. On top of this infrastructure, the institute has built a portfolio of vertical products spanning smart cities, talent big-data analytics, government SaaS platforms, and, as of 2025, an AI Infrared Thermal Imaging Clinical Diagnostic System extending into clinical decision support.

The business model is a mix of government project funding, technology-transfer licensing, consulting, and a small set of commercial subsidiaries and joint ventures (e.g., Star Map Digital, Zhonghong Big Data, Hong Kong Aerospace Technology alliance). Customer concentration is heavily weighted toward government and academy channels, with no public pricing or ARR disclosed. The institute is currently building a 536 million RMB Songshan Lake Cloud Computing Center park as its physical and ecosystem hub.

Name

Cloud Computing Center

Legal name

东莞中科云计算研究院

Website

https://casc.ac.cn

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

The Cloud Computing Center (东莞中科云计算研究院) is a Dongguan Municipal Government and CAS-cosponsored research institute that develops the proprietary G-Cloud Cloud Operating System and applies it to e-government, smart-city, and AI diagnostic products across 50+ Chinese cities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cloud Infrastructure

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (5182), Computer Facilities Management Services (541513)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Computer Processing & Data Preparation (7374)

akta.pro primary industry

Private Cloud Platforms (On‑Prem Cloud Stacks) (HDABABAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Cloud Managed Services (Operations, Monitoring, Patching) (BPAEACAF), Cloud Data Platforms & Analytics Migration (BPAEACAI), Hybrid Cloud Migration, Modernization & Integration (HDABAMAH), Cloud Strategy, Assessment & Roadmap (BPAEACAA)

Keywords

• Cloud computing platform
• Cloud operating system
• Big data services
• Smart city solutions
• Remote sensing cloud

Headquarters

HQ city

Dongguang

HQ country

China

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Government-funded research projects and technology services: The institute generates revenue through government-funded R&D projects, technology transfer, and consulting services. Services include planning consultation, project proposal preparation, feasibility studies, and project evaluation for government and enterprise clients.
2. Technology transfer and industrialization: Revenue from transferring CAS technologies to enterprises, incubating companies, and providing cloud computing industry solutions and services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Cloud Computing Center is a government-cosponsored cloud computing R&D institution that develops and operates the proprietary G-Cloud cloud operating system, cloud database/storage, remote sensing cloud, and AI-driven big data platforms. It packages these capabilities into sector solutions for smart government, smart healthcare, smart education, smart city, transportation/enterprise/safety clouds, and conducts technology transfer and consulting services for government and enterprise clients in China.

Product overview

东莞中科云计算研究院 (Cloud Computing Center) is a large-scale cloud computing R&D institution jointly established with Dongguan Municipal Government in 2011, operating as a multi-product platform ecosystem. The core product is the G-Cloud Cloud Operating System (including public cloud, private cloud, and hybrid cloud variants), a domestically developed infrastructure management platform with proprietary IP. Around this core platform, the center offers sector-specific solutions including Smart Government (智慧政务), Smart Healthcare (智慧医疗), Smart Education (智慧教育), Smart City (智慧城市), Transportation/Enterprise/Safety Clouds (交通云/企业云/平安云), and Education Cloud Platform (教育云平台). Supporting products include the Talent Big Data Platform (人才大数据平台) for government talent management, Remote Sensing Cloud Service Platform (遥感云服务平台) for satellite and aerial data processing, Cloud Database System and Cloud Storage (云数据库系统/云存储) for data infrastructure, Smart Street Light Control System (智能路灯控制系统) with 5G capabilities, UAV Aerial Survey and Emergency Monitoring Platform, Smart Office Cloud Platform, and an Information Security AI Customer Service under the AI大模型 platform. Additional services include a Technology Transfer Center (技术转移中心) and IDC data center operations. The institute also developed an AI Infrared Thermal Imaging Clinical Diagnostic System for assisted medical diagnosis.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• G-Cloud 云操作系统: Self-developed cloud operating system with proprietary intellectual property, recognized by MIIT as a security-controllable cloud computing solution.
• 人才大数据平台
• G-Cloud

Products and services

• G-Cloud Cloud Operating System (G-Cloud云操作系统) Secure and controllable infrastructure cloud management platform developed by Guoyun Technology Co., Ltd. Supports large-scale computing, storage, and network resource virtualization and unified management. Available as public cloud, private cloud, and hybrid cloud. Achieves 99.99% data reliability under non-natural disaster conditions. Used in government e-government clouds, education clouds, manufacturing clouds, and logistics clouds.
• Talent Big Data Platform (人才大数据平台) Big data and AI-powered platform that draws local talent maps, creates talent profiles, and analyzes talent relationship networks. Provides government talent inventory, policy evaluation, talent recommendations, and reports. Also offers high-level talent matchmaking services for enterprises. Aggregates 1,504 academicians, 894 overseas experts, 2,021 Ten Thousand Talents Plan talents, and 1M+ mid-high level talents.
• Remote Sensing Cloud Service Platform (遥感云服务平台) Provides high-resolution full time-series remote sensing data acquisition, processing, and application services based on domestic satellites, commercial satellites, aerial remote sensing, and UAV emergency remote sensing systems. Serves government urban management, enterprise operations, and public services in land, environment, water, agriculture, forestry, city, and disaster monitoring.
• Cloud Database System and Cloud Storage (云数据库系统/云存储) Cloud database system provides data virtualization for unified deployment, integration, publishing, and sharing of information resources for communities and individuals with multi-tenant support. Cloud storage is a large-scale distributed file storage system with AES encryption, multi-replica redundant backup, data compression, encryption, backup, recovery, and transmission monitoring.
• Smart Government (智慧政务) Smart government solution that integrates government IT resources and manages them uniformly through e-government networks. Provides unified resource management, information connectivity, and platform integration to avoid duplicate investment across agencies.
• Smart Healthcare (智慧医疗) Smart healthcare solution applying cloud computing and AI to healthcare services, including AI-powered infrared thermal imaging clinical assisted diagnosis, health big data research, and medical service platforms for hospitals and health authorities.
• Smart Education (智慧教育) Smart education solution providing education cloud platforms, digital campus, education instant messaging, and education cloud storage subsystems. Supports single sign-on and open education public service platforms for schools and government education departments.
• Smart Streetlight Control System (智能路灯控制系统) Intelligent street light control system achieving smart dimming through load-based light control for energy saving and emission reduction. Functions include lamp theft prevention, fault alarm, cable theft prevention, parameter collection, automatic meter reading, electronic map, and process monitoring. Achieves 60%+ energy savings.
• 5G Smart Lamp Post (5G智慧灯杆) Multi-functional 5G smart lamp post integrating 5G micro base stations, charging stations, multimedia displays, broadcast speakers, emergency call, security video surveillance, manhole cover monitoring, parking management, environmental monitoring, and autonomous driving road marking capabilities.
• UAV Aerial Survey and Emergency Monitoring Platform (无人机航测及应急监测平台) Aerial survey and emergency monitoring platform using UAV technology for remote sensing data collection and emergency response applications.
• Transportation Cloud, Enterprise Cloud, Safety Cloud (交通云/企业云/平安云) Transportation cloud provides parallel traffic control and management (PtMS) for road traffic and public transport. Enterprise cloud provides parallel management systems including TPS, PPS, MPS, EPS, ERP, and MES. Safety cloud provides video surveillance, public security, and public opinion monitoring services.
• Smart Office Cloud Platform (智慧办公云平台) Provides cloud desktop and cloud office software suite for government and enterprise IT departments, including thin client desktop access, enterprise instant messaging, community systems, secure email, and handwritten signature systems.
• Education Cloud Platform (教育云平台) Education cloud platform integrating education IT resources and systems on a cloud platform to provide open education public service platforms, exchange platforms, and resource sharing platforms, including digital campus, education instant messaging, and education cloud storage subsystems.
• E-Government Cloud Platform (电子政务云平台) E-government cloud platform leveraging virtualization technology to integrate government IT resources, managed through e-government networks to provide government services. Features unified resource management, information connectivity, and platform integration. Applied in Dongguan e-government cloud platform.
• Smart City Comprehensive Solutions (智慧城市综合解决方案) Comprehensive smart city solutions covering infrastructure platforms (Beidou position cloud, remote sensing cloud, cloud disaster recovery), government management, economic regulation, market supervision, social governance, public services, livelihood services, and industrial development.
• Technology Transfer Center (技术转移中心) Specialized department for technology transfer, promoting transfer and transformation of technological achievements and innovation team introduction, advancing patent achievement industrialization. Designated as a National Technology Transfer Demonstration Institution.
• AI Infrared Thermal Imaging Clinical Diagnostic System (基于人工智能技术的红外热图临床辅助诊断关键技术) Uses CNN deep learning and machine learning algorithms (SVM, RF) to analyze infrared thermal images for disease detection, early screening, and clinical decision support. Registered as a scientific achievement in 2024. Targets hospitals, clinics, and medical research institutions.
• Information Security AI Customer Service (信息安全AI客服) AI-powered customer service solution for information security use cases, available through the AI Big Model platform.

Quantifiable outcome

• In 2013, center services helped 1,000+ enterprises generate 6.1 billion RMB new revenue and drove 70 billion RMB in newly added social output value
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability9 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• 星图数字（广州）科技股份有限公司coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 November 2023Signed a deep strategic cooperation agreement for industrial digitalization. Both parties established the Star Map International TCM Digital Hub (星图国际中医数字港) and plan to create a digital industry special fund of 20-30 billion RMB for TCM industrial digitalization operations.
• 中宏大数据产业有限责任公司coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 September 2023Signed China's first data assetization strategic cooperation framework agreement with Dali Prefecture Government. Focuses on city-level data assetization operations, data governance, and digital transformation.
• 长江新丝路国际投资发展有限公司coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 September 2020Signed strategic cooperation agreement to establish a Central China digital economy industry research institute, big data center, technology development, and capital operations cooperation in Wuhan.
• 江西省中科院大连化物所中药科学中心minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 July 2020Discussed cooperation on the national-level 'Bencao Material Science Research Facility' project, specifically in the area of TCM big data, leveraging the center's expertise in cloud computing, big data, AI, and deep algorithms.
• 深圳市数据链产业促进会minorGTM or Marketing Partner · 17 July 2020Member of the Guangdong Industrial Internet + 5G Industry Technology Innovation Alliance; exchanged views on industry-university-research cooperation and collaboration in 5G, big data, and data center businesses.
• 香港航天科技集团coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 June 2020Strategic cooperation based on the 'Golden Bauhinia' satellite constellation plan for smart cities, Greater Bay Area aerospace base, and cloud platform services. Center provides cloud computing and big data technical support for the satellite data platform.
• 建筑港coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 January 2020Jointly established the 'China Migrant Worker Protection Big Data Joint Laboratory' in Shenzhen. Leverages cloud computing and big data to build a platform serving construction industry workers, with 5M+ registered construction workers.
• 中铁电气化局集团有限公司coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 January 2020Signed 5G application project cooperation agreement 'Smart 5G Lamp Post Industry Strategic Cooperation' for 5G smart lamp post deployment, combining intelligent lighting control with 5G base stations.
• 双陈普洱minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 December 2019Co-built a Warehouse Technology and Standards Laboratory with dual Chen Pu'er tea company, focusing on storage technology standards development.
• 华中粤创minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 December 2019Signed strategic cooperation agreement with Huazhong Yuechuang for deeper collaboration in technology and business development.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Digital China Group: Chinese IT services and cloud distribution company serving enterprise and government customers with cloud, big data, and digital transformation solutions. Comparable in serving government-led digital transformation in China with broad cloud services.
• Inspur Group: Major Chinese cloud and IT infrastructure provider serving government and enterprise with servers, cloud platforms, and AI. Directly comparable to Dongguan Cloud Computing Center in offering domestic cloud infrastructure, serving government customers, and competing in the China secure-and-controllable cloud market.
• Sangfor Technologies: Chinese cloud computing and cybersecurity vendor serving enterprise and government with hyper-converged infrastructure, cloud platforms, and security services. Closely comparable in target customers (China government/enterprise), cloud platform offerings, and security focus.
• Sugon (Zhongke Shuguang): CAS-affiliated Chinese cloud and HPC infrastructure provider with proprietary servers, storage, and cloud platforms. The strongest comparable peer given shared CAS origin, focus on domestic secure-and-controllable infrastructure, and overlapping government/enterprise customer base.
• Neusoft Corporation: Chinese IT services and solutions provider with strong focus on smart city, healthcare IT, and government digitalization. Comparable in its multi-vertical solution approach spanning smart healthcare, smart government, and enterprise cloud in China.

Emerging players

• InferVision: Chinese AI medical imaging company using deep learning for diagnostic assistance in CT, DR, and pathology. Comparable to the center's AI infrared thermal imaging clinical diagnostic system in the emerging AI-augmented medical imaging category in China.

Broad incumbents

• Tencent Cloud: Major Chinese hyperscale cloud provider with a broad portfolio spanning IaaS, PaaS, AI, and vertical industry solutions. Competes broadly with G-Cloud for Chinese enterprise and government cloud workloads as a major incumbent.
• Huawei Cloud: Hyperscale Chinese cloud provider offering a broad portfolio of IaaS, PaaS, and AI services. Competes broadly with G-Cloud in the Chinese government and enterprise cloud market, with substantially larger scale and commercial reach.
• Alibaba Cloud: Largest Chinese hyperscale cloud provider with a broad portfolio across IaaS, PaaS, big data, and AI. A broad incumbent that competes with G-Cloud for Chinese government digital transformation contracts and enterprise workloads.
• China Software (UNIS): State-owned Chinese IT platform and software provider focused on government and defense sectors. Broad incumbent offering operating systems, middleware, and government cloud solutions; comparable in serving Chinese government IT modernization at scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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