How openKylin’s Community Board Drove Open‑Source Growth and Governance

On May 30, the openKylin community held its second board meeting in Beijing, chaired by Secretary‑General Yu Jie and attended by representatives from 12 existing board member units and eight prospective members.

Community Operation Report

Board Chair Zhu Chen introduced the community’s progress across four dimensions: controllable open source, open build, innovative development, and ecosystem source, outlining recent achievements and future plans.

Controllable Open Source

Governance rules were established to enable controlled management of the community code repository, gaining broad recognition from experts and industry.

Open Build

The community built more than 20 foundational infrastructure platforms, achieving 100% open build from source to image and automating the development process, which lowered contribution barriers and improved code and version quality.

Innovative Development

66 SIG groups were launched to explore hardware, collaboration, cloud integration, and human‑machine interaction, creating a “graded freeze” mechanism, “native compatibility” technology, and VirtIO‑GPU video acceleration. In the RISC‑V arena, the community now supports over 80% of mainstream hardware platforms.

Ecosystem Source

The community now has over 200 member organizations, 21 SIG groups, more than 10 enterprises or universities participating in SIG activities, and over 600 faculty and students signing CLAs to drive joint innovation.

Industry Recognition

To date, the community has attracted over 800,000 users, 3,000 developers, established more than 10 university labs, and received the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology’s “Trusted Open‑Source Community” certification as well as the “Open‑Source Innovation Annual Excellent Community” award.

New Board Member Nominations

Eight new enterprises were nominated, including Phytium, Shanghai Zhaoxin, Loongson, Changsha Jingmei, JD Technology, Pingtouge, CETC Shentai, and HaiGuang. All eight presented statements and were approved by vote, receiving certificates.

Closed‑Door Discussion

Following the nominations, Secretary‑General Yu Jie reported updates to the community charter, and board members discussed community construction, planning, and provided feedback on future work.

The meeting concluded with a reaffirmation of openKylin’s commitment to open‑source collaboration, technology innovation, and ecosystem expansion, aiming to build a world‑class desktop operating system community and contribute to China’s information industry.