Industrial Software Promotion Association was founded on December 21, 2010. It is also called ISPA. ISPA was established under the joint guidance of the former Software Services Department of the MIIT of the People’s Republic of China and seven local chief administrations of industry and informatization. And it was initiated by CCID and a number of leading enterprises in the field of industrial software, including AVIDM, SUPCON, HollySys and DigiwinSoft. ISPA is an NGO joined voluntarily by developers, users, researchers, social intermediary organizations and management institutions that are involved in industrial software products and services