Chaotu group is the third largest geographic information system (GIS) software manufacturer in the world and the largest in Asia [1]. Its parent company Chaotu software (Stock Code: 300036) [9] And its first level (wholly-owned) subsidiaries, such as Chaotu information, Chaotu international, Shanghai Nankang, Nanjing Guotu, Beijing Antu, Shanghai Shuhui, and its second level (holding) subsidiaries, such as tuhui and Japan Chaotu, as well as branches and offices all over the country, constitute Chaotu Group [10]. Headquartered in Beijing, the group has a registered capital of 449.537.367 million yuan [11]. Chaotu has more than 3000 regular employees [12], and its annual operating revenue in 2019 exceeds 1.7 billion yuan [6].
Chaotu consists of three business segments: basic software, application software and cloud service [10], and adheres to the construction of ecological partner system. Through more than 1000 ecological partners, it comprehensively empowers the informatization of government, enterprises and institutions in dozens of industries [13-14].
Chaotu has always attached great importance to technological innovation. In 2019, the R & D investment exceeded 250 million, accounting for 14.58% of the annual operating revenue [15]. Since its establishment in 1997, SuperMap GIS has developed a series of large-scale GIS basic software, including cloud GIS Server, edge GIS Server, end GIS and online GIS platform, through continuous innovation and unique lean agile R & D management system. The latest version of SuperMap GIS 10I (2020) was released in September 2020. In SuperMap GIS 10I (2020), SuperMap software further improves the five technical systems (bitdc) of GIS basic software, namely big data GIS, artificial intelligence GIS, new generation 3D GIS, distributed GIS and cross platform GIS technology system, enriches and innovates GIS theory and technology, and empowers more powerful geographic intelligence for informatization of various industries [16]. SuperMap GIS series software has been widely used in natural resources (mainly for natural resource planning, investigation, registration, utilization, monitoring and protection, involving land, planning, surveying and mapping, real estate, forestry, geology and mineral resources, ocean and other fields), digital city, smart city (including space-time information cloud platform digital chassis, urban grid, smart Park, smart building, etc.), water conservancy, ecological environment, etc State environment, agriculture, emergency, transportation, energy, municipal pipelines, finance, communication, electric power, tap water and other industries continue to serve the information construction in important fields at home and abroad [17].
Since 2015, the market share of SuperMap GIS basic software in China has surpassed foreign brands, ranking first [18], and has developed agents in more than 30 countries, promoting SuperMap GIS to more than 100 countries and regions [19]. It is a GIS basic software supplier for multinational enterprises such as Huawei, ZTE, NEC, NTT, etc.
Chaotu has won the second prize of national science and Technology Progress Award [20], major invention award of information industry [21], special prize of Surveying and Mapping Science and technology progress [22], special prize of Geographic Information Science and Technology Progress Award [23], first prize of Beijing Science and Technology Award [20] He has undertaken the national development and Reform Commission industrialization project, the Ministry of science and technology 863 project, the Ministry of information industry information industry major technology invention project, the Ministry of industry and information technology development fund and other projects and topics, which has enhanced the core competitiveness of China's GIS software