In mid-March Taiwan's Acer Group, which is the world's eighth largest PC manufacturer, and Hong Kong's Golden Harvest Group, the world's largest Chinese-owned motion picture company, joined forces to set up Golden Acer Technology and Entertainment Ltd. (GATE), which will develop multimedia "infotainment" software incorporating film, animation and games.
全球第八大個人電腦公司的宏集團三月中和全球最大的華資電影公司嘉禾集團，結盟成立「嘉棋科技娛樂公司」，將開發結合電影、動畫、遊戲的多媒體軟體。