Declaration of e-Silkroad in Sapporo June 20,2001
e-silkroad in sapporo

"The declaration for the reform and creation of the Asian IT industry`s human exchanges and cooperation in Sapporo"
Ever since the historic times, progress and inter-exchange of people and information bore civilization and brought development and change.

At one time, it starts off from the forest to the grassy plain. The monkey evolves to the human race; migration; from the navigation trade age to the world trade; the exchange of goods and information; the birth of civilization; these things became the motivation for development and change.

The existence of the silkroad is not only for the trade of goods between the East and the West, but by the fact that the people and information come and go, the exchange of the respective society was urged and new value was created. If there is no silkroad, where the typography spread from China to Western Europe, it will be impossible for the information revolution based on GutenbergÅfs printing technique to happen.

So, what is the meaning of 21st century e-silkroad?

In 21st century e-silkroad, cities such as, Sapporo, Ota, Shenyang, Xinzhu, Hong Kong, Shengzheng, Shanghai, Singapore and Bangalore, where IT industry area has been given importance are linked together. It is the road where network of human and information is formed and connected as well as various businesses and culture.
We are convinced that there is a possibility of bringing "New Value Creation" into being through formation of human network by every potential Asian country and the progress of technological, capital and skill exchanges that will develop into ICT (Information Communication Technology.

The 21st century market economy has been formed by the constant innovation. The progressive business model is old, progressive technology is expelled and old enterprise should be put to the rear scene of history. If we want to maintain predominance, even if it the enterprise grows and the progress pick up the pace, we must challenge the constant innovation. This change has given us possibility and chance.

However, we must know that there are two kinds of changes.

Globalization and IT revolution made a lot possible chances for Asia and the same time causes severe competition or money game, such as financial crisis, moral hazard and digital division. These things attack the fragile region of Asia and turn the society in crisis. In order to go up against this kind of crisis, we must expand whatever possibilities and chances in Asian IT society. Furthermore, we should produce new value in globalization and in order to do this, we must create a deep, borderless bond of human network with the same business intension and vision.

As one of our reply, we arrange up the e-silkroad. For the worthy human being, IT Revolution becomes a bond that has true richness inside and this is the reason why e- silkroad exists.


Sapporo city is founded on purpose after the Meiji restoration; it is the new born city. Its enhanced development is due to the advanced technology of foreign engineer and individuals of different status from the entire country became the main inhabitant. It is not bound by tradition; it has a free disposition and there is a frontier spirit which creates new things.

The gathering IT of enterprise & Sapporo Valley experience which is born in Sapporo means that their innovation and technology forms the next generationÅfs industry, for that it is indispensable that corporations must have the existence of progressive enterprise group, cooperation, an open collaboration, in addition to human network as their background.

We believe in the possibility that creation of new value by the network of enterprise group, administrators, researchers and citizens can make continuous development of industry and vigorous region.

This innovational style of Sapporo city will probably acquire more variety and depth by the fact that it come across with other Asian via the e- silkroad. The meaning of the declaration of e-silkroad is that it first took off at Sapporo, and will exist here.

In Asian IT, by means of e-silkroad, we must acquire a strong worldwide competitiveness through the development of technological, capital and skill cooperation as well as compensating the strengths and the weaknesses of other country. This cooperation establishes the IT as a business and central human technology, then, beyond doubt actualizes the IT societyÅfs variety and pluralistic sense of value.

Through e-Silkroad, we asked every Asian IT personnel to meet, loom reliance and have mutual influence to develop a reformative and creative generation. We hereby give out the Sapporo declaration of "e-Silkroad in Sapporo / Alliance of Asian Industry" for the creative reform of Asian IT society.