There are several seemingly good emerging companies in specific application areas. Information services are taking early shape in China. Most software companies only have local customers. They develop products, and moreover provide service according to local users' demands. There is still a lack of high level software engineers.
Most people are programmers, very few people are program analysts, and system designers.
Thus, professionals with system integration skills, especially for large scale integration, are not widely available. It is likely that individuals with these skills will eventually be trained locally, but for the present, much of the expertise needs to come from abroad, including Hong Kong and other Chinese speaking centers. The enforcement of copyright law still has a way to take full effect. This will have some side effects for the Chinese software industries.