Published 2009年12月9日2009-12-09 00:00:00.0

CHINA TOPS DELOITTE’S 2009 TECH FAST 500 ASIA PACIFIC RANKING

• And the winner is: Chinese online clothes retailer Vancl ranked No. 1 with 29,577 percent revenue growth
• Shaken, not stirred: Tech sector grew despite economic downturn and expect accelerated growth into 2010
• The future is Green: Six of Top 20 this year are from Green Tech sector

HONG KONG, December 10, 2009 – Deloitte today announced that China leads this year’s Technology Fast 500 Asia Pacific 2009 Ranking. The program ranks the region’s 500 fastest growing technology companies by revenue growth over the last three years. This is the third time in the program’s eight years that China is on top.

Chinese Internet firm Vancl—a direct marketing B2C online clothes retailer— was ranked No. 1, boasting an extraordinary growth rate of 29,577 percent. Vancl’s stellar performance in 2009 clearly skewed the top-five average, considering the large gap between it and the Taiwan based runner-up High Power Opto Inc at 7,240 percent.

“We’re very pleased with this recognition from Deloitte, and thank our team in China for helping us achieve this strong growth,” said Chen Nian, Chief Executive Officer of Vancl, “So far, we’ve only touched the tip of the iceberg with a customer base of two to three million buyers out of a total 300 million netizens in China. We expect a further growth surge as we focus on more innovation and improving customer experience.”

Deloitte today also released the results of this year’s Technology Fast 500 Asia Pacific CEO Survey, the firm’s annual analysis of business trends among the winning Technology Fast 500 companies. The survey was conducted in the last quarter of 2009, and examined how fast-growing companies were performing in the downturn. Although CEOs were not asked outright about their confidence, it shone through loud and clear in their approach to growth targets, markets and customers. Despite the economic downtu