GBase is duty-bound to lead the drive for homegrown foundational software.
On the afternoon of February 21, the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee held its third group study session on strengthening basic research. Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, presided over the session and emphasized that advancing basic research is an urgent requirement for achieving high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and the only path to building China into a world science and technology leader.
The General Secretary stressed that the country must wage a tough battle to indigenize scientific instruments and equipment, operating systems, and foundational software, encouraging research institutions, universities, and enterprises to collaborate on joint research, and ramp up the level and scale of domestic substitution applications, so that China can use its own research platforms and instruments to solve major basic research problems as soon as possible.
Databases serve as a critical pillar between underlying hardware resources and upper-layer applications. With their high technical barriers, long development cycles, and demanding engineering requirements, they are regarded as “the crown jewel of foundational software.” Mastering the underlying logic of databases to build an indigenous, trusted national strategic asset is an essential requirement for achieving technological self-reliance and strength—and the only path to winning the battle for critical core technologies.
Unwavering Focus on Database Excellence
An unwavering focus on database technology has been the guiding principle of GBase for two decades. Since its founding, GBase has concentrated on core database product technologies, independently developing the distributed logical data warehouse GBase 8a and evolving it into the cloud-native data warehouse GBase GCDW; launching the shared-storage database cluster GBase 8s to break the monopoly of overseas vendors in the high‑end technology market; and introducing the multi‑model, multi‑state distributed database GBase 8c, staying ahead of advanced and cutting‑edge industry directions. GBase excels in databases and thrives on technology, achieving large‑scale deployment in critical sectors such as finance and telecommunications. To date, GBase has served over 10,000 customers across more than 100 industries—including finance, telecom, government, energy, transportation, and national defense—with over 30,000 deployed nodes and a total managed data volume exceeding 300 PB.
Building a Thriving Ecosystem Together
A single thread cannot make a line, nor a single tree a forest. The interoperability of instruments, foundational software, and applications is fundamental to promoting the adoption of domestic IT ecosystems. GBase fully understands this and has achieved deep compatibility with a broad range of indigenous hardware and software, jointly releasing multi‑scenario solutions with partners. The full‑stack database products have been thoroughly adapted and optimized with ecosystem partners across various domains—including servers, chips, operating systems, middleware, and application software—passing multiple national‑level tests. The technical level and product performance consistently rank among the best in China, meeting diverse business needs across different industries and closely supporting users’ domestic IT system transitions. Through this strategic approach, GBase helps foundational software evolve from “usable” to “excellent,” free from overseas supply chain constraints, while remaining compatible with mainstream hardware architectures and delivering both resilience and flexibility.
Furthermore, GBase actively embraces China’s major open‑source root communities, continuously optimizes the application and data migration experience, and develops cloud‑native databases that abstract away underlying complexity. Through open sharing and collaboration in open source, migration, and cloud adoption, GBase is nurturing a fertile ground for long‑term ecosystem growth.
Advancing Through Research and Talent Development
The birth of the database was made possible by advances in fundamental theoretical research and has been refined over time through real‑world scenarios, which in turn feeds back into theoretical research. Database theoretical research and product innovation must align with market demands and national needs, and must also achieve a three‑step leap from scientific research to experimental development to commercial deployment to truly generate value and drive innovation. This innate symbiosis creates a natural foundation for collaboration between GBase and universities and research institutions.
As a leading database enterprise, GBase maintains long‑standing partnerships with academia. It has collaborated with more than ten universities, including Nankai University, Tianjin University, Harbin Institute of Technology, and Beijing Institute of Technology, on joint research and production. Its declared industry‑academia collaborative education projects have been recognized by the Ministry of Education. GBase has been an active participant in successive CCF China Database Academic Conferences, exploring industry development and the collaborative cultivation of talent between universities and enterprises. It has published multiple database theoretical research papers that have been included in well‑known domestic and international journals, explored cutting‑edge industry theories, co‑cultivated innovative talent, and provided real‑world scenarios to validate theoretical feasibility… By engaging the academic community, GBase has achieved a perfect closed loop from theory to business practice and back to theory.
Answering the nation’s call to strengthen basic research and win the battle for the localization of foundational software is a duty GBase cannot shirk. In the future, we will continue to overcome technical challenges, seize macro‑level trends, and make the right strategic moves in product advancement. On the path to domestic substitution, we will forge ahead, breaking barriers and sailing through the waves!