Dawning Information Industry Co., Ltd, was founded in June 1995 as a high-tech enterprise, whose establishment was under the great promotion of the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Information Industry and the CAS on the basis of the achievements of national "863" program. It relies on the technology support from the Institute of Computing Technology of CAS, the National Research Center for Intelligent Computing System and the National High Performance Computing Center and has a strong technical strength. The launch of Dawning series products has made an indelible contribution to promoting the development of China's high performance computers. In June 2004, Dawning 4000A supercomputer, which runs 11 trillion times per second was successfully developed and installed in the Shanghai Super Computer Center, becoming the world's top 10 super computers and makes China the third country of being able to develop 10 Trillion Times/s high-performance computer, only after the United States and Japan.? In July 2006, Dawning Tianjin Industrial Base, covering more than 60 acres, was finished constructing and put into operation, realizing a historical progress towards high-performance computer industry. Hu Jintao, the General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee pointed in January 2006 on the National Conference of Science and Technology that since the founding of new China, especially after the reform and opening up, Chinese scientific and technological staff have achieved seven significant scientific achievements, among which, high-performance computers are ranked the fifth. Dawning’s high-performance computer not only represents the highest computer level in China, but also has made important contributions to "TWO Missiles and One Satellite",Manned space flight and genetic research.

Dawning’s high-performance computer has been listed as the No. 1 in the high performance computer market for 11 consecutive years, owning more than 70% shares among the domestic high performance computer market and in cluster area, the domestic brands excel over the international brands. Featuring cutting edge technologies, high performance and superior service, Dawning servers have been awarded “National Scientific and Technological Progress Prize First Class and Second Class, " Scientific innovation special award of CAS," "China's top 10 scientific and technological progresses in 2001,2003 and 2004.Dawning has always focused on server’s R&D and application backed by a solid technical foundation in super computer, and seeking for in-house intellectual property. With continuous innovation, Dawning built full-line high-quality servers with independent intellectual property rights to meet all kinds of diversified requirements for super computer or common PC server. They are widely deployed in the systems of governments, education, finance, telecommunications, biology, meteorology, petroleum, and other industries.