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Founded in 1911 in the U.S., IBM – International Business Machines, is the world's largest IT and business solution provider, having business in over 160 countries and regions in the world. Over the past nine decades, world economy developed rapidly, and science and technology have brought about great changes. But IBM has always played a leading role in the development of the IT industry with its cutting-edge technology, state-of-the-art management, and unique products, catering to the multidisciplinary demands for information processing of almost all industry users worldwide. For IBM, corporate citizen doesn’t mean simple checkbook philanthropy; it means an enterprise take initiation to make contribution to local community, the society, the whole world. In China, IBM counts education as the top priority in all philanthropic efforts. IBM has implemented a wide array of educational community programs around the world, both rich in content and diverse in practices, including: On Demand Community (ODC), KidSmart Program (KS), TryScience Program (TS), Reinventing Education (RE), EXploring Interest in Technology and Engineering (EX.I.T.E.), Web Adaptation Technology (WAT), Open Source (OS),World Community Grid (WCG), Mentor Place (MP),Eternal Egypt (EE), The Forbidden City: Beyond Space and Time (BST). IBM’s impressive performance and outstanding achievement in fulfilling company’s social responsibilities in China was highly appreciated and have received unanimous praise. IBM was rated as "Most Respected Companies in China", "Most Respected Foreign Investor in China", "Most Valuable Brands in China", "Best Employers in China", so on and so forth. In 2004, IBM was rated by the Chinese version of Fortune as "The Most Admired Companies in China", and ranked first. In 2005 and 2006, IBM won the honorable title of "China’s Excellent Corporate Citizen" awarded by the China Committee of Corporate Citizenship.
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