(DALIANNEWS)- A total of 65 local IT companies and 12 training institutions on the outsource operations gained the fund of 29.5827 million yuan supported by the government in 2008, topped other domestic provinces and cities.

The Department of Commerce has arranged special funds to support the training and employment for the IT talents since 2007.

The city received 29 million yuan supported by the nation in 2007, also topped other areas in China.

Dalian has carried out a series of work in this field and set up five software colleges and over 100 social training institutions.