How Zhongdian Hongxin Secured Dual DevOps Certification and Boosted Delivery Efficiency

On May 29, 2024, China’s Central Cyberspace Administration, the State Administration for Market Regulation, and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology jointly issued the "Information Standard Construction Action Plan (2024‑2027)", emphasizing the promotion of internationalization of information standards, deep participation in ISO, IEC, ITU, and alignment of national and international standards.

The China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT) launched a synchronized assessment based on ITU DevOps international standards and domestic DevOps standards, enabling mutual recognition of international and domestic standards. This assessment aligns with the Action Plan and meets current enterprise needs.

On October 18, 2024, at the 24th GOPS Global Operations Conference in Shanghai, CAICT announced the dual assessment results for ITU DevOps international standards and domestic DevOps standards.

Q&A

Interview with Zhongdian Hongxin Information Technology Co., Ltd.

Shen Yu (General Manager): Zhongdian Hongxin, a subsidiary of China Telecom founded in 2007, presented its "Hongxin Efficiency Platform"—an enterprise‑level best‑practice suite covering project collaboration, test management, CI/CD, security audit, and operations, supporting the full product development lifecycle.

Shen Yu expressed satisfaction with passing the ITU DevOps international assessment and the domestic "DevOps Capability Maturity Model" for system and tool standards, highlighting improved continuous delivery capability and DevOps culture adoption.

He emphasized that an end‑to‑end, integrated toolchain is crucial for automation, collaboration, and continuous delivery, enabling seamless integration of all software development stages and boosting organizational efficiency.

Regarding the assessment, Shen Yu noted that it validates high‑level, standardized DevOps implementation, guiding further improvement of engineering capabilities.

Hou Ningbing (R&D Center Manager): She described challenges such as tight schedules and complex features, overcome by weekly standard reviews and daily task tracking, leading to successful compliance.

She reported that the assessment shortened pipeline build time to about 7 minutes and increased CI efficiency nearly tenfold, while quality gates and code issue detection raised production deployment success rates above 95%.

Future plans include adapting to domestic "Xinchuang" environments, enhancing tool configurability, and expanding DevOps platform promotion.

Industry participation data shows the number of communication‑industry companies involved in the domestic DevOps standard assessment as of October 18, 2024.

For more information on the ITU DevOps international standard, see the linked article.

Contact details for DevOps standard assessment inquiries are provided for CAICT representatives Zhang Jianyi, Bai Hanyong, and Bai Lu, as well as community contact Wei Huanxin.