Shanghai Chuwa Software Co., Ltd. was founded in April 1991. It is the flagship of software and IT industry of the Forward Group. It now has a technical team of over 800 professionals specializing in software development and services aimed towards the Japanese market.  Chuwa Software has a fully owned subsidiary in Tokyo whose major functions are market development, on job training and recruitment overseas. There are about 100 employees permanently working in Japan. As one of the founders of Shanghai Software Export Union, an industrial consortium to promote software export, Shanghai Chuwa Software Co., Ltd. is the pioneer and leader in the Shanghai-Japan software export market.  The company has already established strong business relationships with many internationally known Japanese corporations such as Nomura Research Institute, Mitsubishi Electric, Fujitsu, etc. The company is honored to receive the “Shanghai Software Export Star Company” award. Chuwa Software is also designated as one of the key software companies by the National Planning Committee of the Chinese Central Government.