How China Galaxy Securities Achieved Leading DevOps Continuous‑Testing Certification

On May 29, 2024, the Central Cyberspace Administration, the State Administration for Market Regulation, and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology jointly issued the “Information Technology Standard Construction Action Plan (2024‑2027)”, emphasizing the internationalization of IT standards, deep participation in ISO, IEC, ITU and other international standard bodies, and the alignment of national and international standards.

China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT) launched a synchronous assessment based on the ITU DevOps international standard and the domestic DevOps standard, achieving mutual recognition of standards. The upgraded DevOps international standard assessment expands the scope, certification, and reporting.

On April 25, 2025, at the 25th GOPS Global Operations Conference and Research‑Operation Intelligence Technology Summit in Shenzhen, CAICT announced the results of the dual ITU DevOps international standard and domestic DevOps certification.

China Galaxy Securities Co., Ltd. participated with two projects – the “Galaxy TianGong Account Service Platform” and the “Bond Investment Business Support System”. Both projects passed the CAICT “R&D‑Operation Integrated (DevOps) Capability Maturity Model – Continuous Testing (CT) Level‑3” assessment, demonstrating leading domestic capabilities.

Q: Please introduce your company and the projects involved in the assessment.

A: China Galaxy Securities is a leading comprehensive financial services provider. The two projects are the Galaxy TianGong Account Service Platform, which integrates client data through the OneID system and supports electronic signing and seal management, and the Bond Investment Business Support System, a comprehensive platform for FICC, fixed‑income and equity investment supporting risk control, statistics, management and data‑research functions.

Q: How important is a continuous‑testing system for enterprise development?

A: It enables rapid market response, improves software quality and reliability, and helps the company quickly launch new features, enhancing competitiveness and market share.

Q: Why did you choose to participate in this continuous‑testing assessment?

A: Since 2023, Galaxy has actively pursued DevOps standards to verify team skills, process compliance, and tool usage, identify improvement areas, and formulate targeted testing improvement plans.

Q: What changes did the assessment bring to your team?

A: It improved delivery quality and efficiency through optimized processes and automated testing tools, enhanced cross‑team collaboration, and established a clear testing workflow that quickly locates quality issues.

Q: What challenges did you encounter during the assessment and how were they solved?

A: Challenges included immature testing tools and varying skill levels among team members. The company invested in tool upgrades and conducted over 30 training sessions, creating a knowledge base and providing targeted coaching.

Q: What successful experiences can you share for implementing a continuous‑testing system internally?

A: Active collaboration, agile development practices, and robust testing tools are key to successfully embedding continuous testing.

Q: What are your future plans for continuous‑testing work?

A: Galaxy plans to promote the continuous‑testing system across all testing personnel, extending the successful experience of the two project teams company‑wide.

Q: What are your views on the future direction of testing technology?

A: The future lies in deep integration of AI and automation, with AI‑driven testing tools becoming core productivity, and test engineers evolving into quality architects with cross‑domain expertise.