100,000 Units! A New Chapter for iSoftStone's Global Expansion: MECHREVO Wins Pakistan Prime Minister's Youth Program Laptop Project

April 11, 2025, Beijing

MECHREVO, the high-end computing equipment brand under iSoftStone (Stock Code: 301236.SZ), announced today its successful bid for a customized procurement order of 100,000 laptops under Pakistan’s Prime Minister’s Youth Program. This landmark collaboration marks a strategic breakthrough for "Intelligent Manufacturing in China" in high-value markets along the Belt and Road Initiative. It demonstrates how Chinese high-tech brands are expanding globally with robust capabilities, presenting a shining technological credential to the world through the innovative model of "Chinese Supply Chain + Customized Services."

Deepening Educational Mission, Advancing Digital Inclusion

Pakistan’s Prime Minister’s Youth Program is a core government strategy to promote educational equity and bridge the digital divide. It aims to provide free laptops to outstanding university students nationwide, accelerating IT adoption and improving education quality. According to Pakistani authorities, this international tender attracted seven leading global brands. MECHREVO secured the bid with the following advantages:

Technological Breakthrough: Crafting Optimal Educational Tools for Local Needs

The laptops provided by MECHREVO not only meet the brand’s stringent quality control standards and international certifications (CE, FCC, RoHS, Energy Star, MIL-810H), but are also optimized for Pakistan’s requirements. To address the country’s unique educational challenges, MECHREVO’s technical team conducted in-depth research on local network environments, usage habits, and climatic conditions. Customizations were made in key areas such as battery life, thermal performance, durability, and localized software adaptation to suit high-temperature, dusty environments and educational needs. The product combines cost-effectiveness with ruggedness, perfectly aligning with the digital upgrade demands of developing nations.

Service Enhancement: Establishing a New Service Paradigm in South Asia

For this project, MECHREVO proposed a full-lifecycle service commitment: establishing three service centers in Islamabad, Lahore, and Karachi to provide “7×24 localized technical support” and implementing a spare parts warehouse for 48-hour fault resolution.

Excellence of the "OEM+ODM Dual-Track" Model

The Chairman of Pakistan’s Higher Education Commission led a delegation to Beijing for an in-depth evaluation of MECHREVO, highly commending its product capabilities, in-house manufacturing, quality control, operational agility, and localized service competencies. After rigorous testing of bid participants’ product performance and stability by Pakistani expert committees, MECHREVO outperformed competitors with “zero defects,” showcasing the end-to-end strength of China’s supply chain from R&D to delivery.

Stepping onto the Global Stage
Anchoring a New Paradigm for High-Tech Collaboration under the Belt and Road Initiative

This win marks a critical milestone in iSoftStone Group and MECHREVO’s globalization strategy. Senior executives stated: “This collaboration is a major implementation of iSoftStone’s ‘hardware-tech globalization’ strategy. Over the next three years, the Group will increase investments to deploy Chinese AI solutions in Pakistan, empowering education through AI to help Pakistani youth overcome resource barriers and embrace a digital future, enabling more developing nations to share the dividends of China’s digital advancement.”

Post-implementation, iSoftStone’s PC market share in Pakistan is projected to surge from below 1% to 10%, cementing its foothold in South Asia.

Leveraging this project, iSoftStone introduced a full-cycle empowerment model for overseas education clients, innovating an “Equipment + Platform + Talent” ecosystem solution to systematically enhance Pakistani youth’s digital competitiveness and expand iSoftStone’s software-hardware influence. Specific initiatives for Pakistan include:

• Deploying 5 AI development centers and 7 AI labs
• Developing 20 localized digital courses (including programming, smart hardware development, etc.)
• Certifying 500 local technical instructors to enable autonomous talent cultivation

This groundbreaking collaboration not only highlights Chinese tech firms’ global competitiveness but also establishes a replicable benchmark for Belt and Road digital economy cooperation with “technology inclusion” at its core. As the Digital Silk Road enters deeper implementation, MECHREVO’s South Asian breakthrough writes a new chapter for Chinese tech brands’ globalization.

Strategic Insights

Three Industry Trends Revealed by This Win:

• Emerging Market Access Rules: Shift from price competition to value competition, with localized service capabilities becoming the decisive factor.
• New Dimensions of Chinese Manufacturing: Evolution from hardware OEM to systemic “technology + service + ecosystem” exports.
• Education Tech’s New Battleground: Developing nations’ educational digital transformation fuels trillion-yuan market opportunities.