How Liaoning Mobile’s IT Leader Drives DevOps and Cloud‑Native Digital Transformation
In an exclusive interview at the GOITI 2022 IT Technology Leadership Awards, Wang Xin, General Manager of China Mobile Liaoning’s IT Center, shares how his team leverages DevOps, cloud‑native architecture, and agile practices to accelerate digital transformation and achieve industry‑wide recognition.
On October 28, 2022, the GOITI 2022 IT Technology Leadership Awards were held in Shanghai, organized jointly by the GreatOPS and DevOps Era communities. The ceremony, part of the GOPS Global Operations Conference, honored Wang Xin, General Manager of China Mobile Liaoning’s Information Technology Center, with the "Telecommunications Industry Annual Influential Figure" award.
Wang Xin, an Oracle Certified Master and expert in smart middle‑platform construction, leads a team that manages cloud architecture, PaaS maintenance, smart middle‑platform operations, and the development and operation of business support, network management, MIS, and big‑data platforms.
Q: Please introduce yourself and your company.
Wang Xin explains that Liaoning Mobile, a subsidiary of China Mobile, serves over 30 million customers in the province, providing comprehensive digital services. The IT Center, established in 2017, is responsible for cloud architecture planning, PaaS layer maintenance, smart middle‑platform operations, and the construction and operation of various business and big‑data systems.
Q: How do you feel about receiving the "Telecommunications Industry Annual Influential Figure" award?
He attributes the honor to his team’s dedication, emphasizing their "1422" strategy that integrates technology and data to drive digital transformation, agile delivery, and precise operational empowerment.
Q: What successful digital‑transformation experiences can you share?
Wang highlights the launch of 115 business scenarios across six domains, the establishment of a digital talent management system, and the creation of a "four‑understanding" team that combines technical, demand, customer, and market knowledge.
Q: How did you implement DevOps, and what challenges did you face?
Challenges included lack of a repeatable methodology, learning new tools (e.g., switching from ANT to Maven, SVN to Git, introducing Nexus), and reconciling DevOps’s single‑source‑of‑truth principle with existing IT security policies. Solutions involved joining industry‑led DevOps enablement programs, training 16 staff members, and adopting container‑based deployments to isolate environments while maintaining a unified image pipeline.
Q: What role does DevOps play in digital transformation?
He asserts that DevOps has become a core paradigm for IT research and management in the digital era, complementing technologies such as 5G, cloud computing, big data, AI, and IoT.
Q: What are your next steps for digital transformation?
The team plans to deepen agile delivery, expand agile practices across CRM, define enterprise‑level agile standards, and further integrate development and operations to support rapid business innovation.
Images from the award ceremony illustrate the event’s highlights.
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