1. Win-win Cooperation of IDG World Expo and ChinaUnix : LinuxWorld China 2007 series activities will be jointly held by the world famous USA IDG (International Data Group) and ChinaUnix.net（www.ChinaUnix.net），the largest technical professional community website in China, which is aimed to make LinuxWorld China 2007 the most ceremonious Linux & OpenSource grand event in China, and combine the Linux times, a sub website of ChinaUnix.net (China's largest Linux website), to promote the continual development of the whole Linux & OpenSource Industry.

 ●LinuxWorld China 2007, which is held annually, was introduced into China for the first time in 2000 by IDG World Expo and has been successfully held six times in China. Now it has become the most influential and guided professional information technology event on the Linux operating platform in China.

 ●ChinaUnix.net（www.ChinaUnix.net）is an open source community website on applied techniques of Linux/Unix-related operating systems, free software and networks. It is the world's largest Chinese website primarily for system administrators, network engineers, database administrators and program developers, as well as the largest technical professional community of Linux/Unix in China. The registered members reach more than 570,000.

2. Professional users of Linux are together on large scale for the first time
 ●The most of participants in LinuxWorld China 2007 are the Linux users from various fields, who are the representatives in their fields and the guides and opinion leaders in leading Linux & OpenSource to rapidly develop;

 ●According to the distribution of duties, most of them are IT users and managers as well as decision makers and opinion leaders of enterprise IT products procurement.

3. Manufacturers, experts and users fully interactive forms of activities
 ● LinuxWorld 2007 will be held in Beijing for the first time to include LinuxWorld China 2007 user’s conference and LinuxWorld China 2007 summit.

 ●It is the first time for LinuxWorld to adopt the fully interactive on-line and off-line forms. The latter includes speech, recruitment, training and so on, the former includes the survey of brands, products and user purchasing behaviors, etc. …the rich live reports of the Conference, the manufacturers zones, online interviews and other modes of activity….which will change the traditional conference form of the speakers on the platform and the listeners off the platform.

4. Selection for experts with outstanding contribution to the field of Linux and grand ceremony for awarding for the first time.
 The activity "Selection for characters with outstanding contributions to the development of the Chinese Linux industry" will be carried on among the Linux users for the first time. The entire process of the selection will be carried in ChinaUnix website and the users can vote with freedom to maintain the openness, impartiality and fairness. The results will be publicized and in LinuxWorld China 2007 summit as well as awarding.

5. Survey of satisfaction and demand with Linux & OpenSource products will be held for the 570,000 professional users of ChinaUnix website for the first time.
 The selection for the most popular Linux & OpenSource related products and brands (such as databases, servers, and Linux distribution, services ... etc.) by users will be carried on in ChinaUnix website with the questionnaire form. The results will be released and in LinuxWorld China 2007 summit where awarding ceremony will be hold;

6. Participants in different industries can make direct communications with manufacturers for the first time
 Special forums on embedment， ISV，Manufacturer and other industries for the first time will be held in LinuxWorld China 2007 users conference. The manufacturers can interact directly with the users from different industries and collect the first-hand information needed from the users more clearly and more directly so as to adjust marketing strategies timely. They can also show their solutions for industries and users’ needs in LinuxWorld China 2007 summit, which will promote the development of enterprises and the whole Linux industry.

7. Maximum benefits of manufacturers will be ensured
 There will be abundant on-line and off-line activities in LinuxWorld China 2007 conference, where the manufacturers can collect the most valuable market information and extend their new technology and new products to the users. The on-line activities and publicity will be held in mid-May until the summit ends in September.

8. The conference is an important milestone for promoting the industrial development of OpenSource
 LinuxWorld China 2007 will be the first time to extend LinuxWorld conference from Linux fields to OpenSource fields and get together developers, users, sales, manufacturers and public opinion leaders on a large scale. The extensive and in-depth communication and discussion can be made on the products, technologies, applications, operations and so on. The conference is the important milestone for promoting the industrial development of OpenSource in China.

9. Strong public-relations publicity
 ●The relevant leaders from government departments, nearly 100 industry and professional media, dozens of Linux-related websites and community leaders, nearly 100 ChinaUnix Forum board moderator and related technical experts of system management, core technology, desktop, embedded, network technology, database technology ....will be invited.

 ●The careful dissemination of public relations programs, online live broadcast, relay broadcast, online interview ...which will transmit conference information to the end-users directly.

10. Powerful database resources and regular invitation process and channels will ensure the invited personnel quality.
 ●The database with millions of audience created and updated by IDG and ChinaUnix.net’s 570,000 registered users in many years will ensure the authenticity and quality of the participants;

 ●Strictly regular invitation and confirmation process of IDG will ensure the invitation information accurately and timely service to the audiences to select the target customers;

 ●The broad and smooth invitation channels will be ensured by rich media platform resources;