Enterprise DevOps Fuels Digital Transformation: Key Takeaways from China’s 2021 Forum

Event Overview

On March 25, 2021, the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT), together with the Cloud Computing Open Source Industry Alliance and the Open Operations Alliance, held the fifth themed activity of the Enterprise‑level DevOps Empowerment (Co‑promotion) Program—“DevOps System Safeguarding Enterprise Digital Transformation”—online.

Key Participants

The event gathered members from the cooperating units of the empowerment program, including Shanghai Pudong Development Bank, China Mobile Jiangsu, China Unicom Software Technology (Suzhou), Guoxin Securities, and others.

Evaluation Results

Dr. He Baohong, Director of the Cloud Computing and Big Data Institute at CAICT, announced the evaluation results of the 11th batch of the DevOps Standard Continuous Delivery assessment.

The following enterprises and projects passed the Level‑3 Continuous Delivery maturity assessment:

Shanghai Pudong Development Bank Co., Ltd.

Cash Flow Analysis Management System

Financial IC Card Business System – ICS

Enterprise‑level Microservice Platform

Fund Supervision Business System

China Mobile Communications Group Jiangsu Co., Ltd. – “Aladdin Marketing Empowerment” project

China Unicom (Suzhou) Software Technology Co., Ltd. – “China Unicom Public Opinion” project

Guoxin Securities – Continuous Delivery practice for securities dual‑state IT systems

Expert Presentations

Dr. Niu Xiaoling, Deputy Director of Governance and Audit at CAICT’s Cloud Computing Institute, delivered a keynote titled “Building DevOps Systems to Accelerate Digital Transformation and Improve Efficiency,” covering recent work, the latest assessment highlights, and a preview of the 2021 China DevOps survey.

Mr. Ru Bingcheng from Tencent presented “Insights and Reflections on Measuring DevOps Implementation Effects.”

Mr. Wang Liuming, DevOps Platform Lead at China Unicom Software Research Institute, shared “Digital Transformation Accelerator – China Unicom DevOps System Practice.”

Mr. Liao Linbo, Senior Operations Development Engineer at Guoxin Securities, discussed “Continuous Delivery Practice in Securities Dual‑State IT Systems,” focusing on Prometheus monitoring, CMDB, and automation platforms.

Q&A Highlights

Participants raised questions on metric collection automation, tool selection between commercial and open‑source components, balancing security and convenience, reducing communication costs across fragmented toolchains, and strategies for scaling DevOps adoption.

Key answers emphasized embedding metrics into processes, choosing tools based on scalability and reliability, tailoring security controls to business criticality, establishing integrated standards to bridge platforms, and securing leadership support for broader rollout.

Enterprise‑Level DevOps Empowerment Program

The program, guided by CAICT and co‑organized by the Cloud Computing Open Source Industry Alliance and the Open Operations Alliance, aims to promote organization‑wide DevOps capabilities, build end‑to‑end continuous delivery pipelines, and enhance efficiency and quality across Chinese enterprises.

Since its launch in 2019, the program has attracted over 70 enterprises from sectors such as internet, banking, securities, insurance, telecommunications, aviation, logistics, manufacturing, and academia.

Contact Information

For more details about the Enterprise‑level DevOps Empowerment Program, contact CAICT (Liu Kailin) at 156 5078 6171 or [email protected], or the Efficient Operations Community (Dong Hui) at 185 1511 5139 or [email protected].