--- title: Ubuntu Kylin booms in China with over 1,300,000 downloads in less than description: The Chinese love Ubuntu Kylin, a version of Ubuntu optimised for them. Its popularity has built quickly with 400,000 downloads after its first release in April 2013 and a rise to over 1,300,000 new downloads after its second release in October. That’s impressive for a downloadable operating system since most consumers in China, the world’ […] url: https://canonical.com/blog/ubuntu-kylin-booms-in-china-with-over-1300000-downloads-in-less-than?format=md --- 1. [Blog](https://canonical.com/blog) 2. Article --- [Jon Melamut](https://canonical.com/blog/author/jon-melamut-canonical "More about Jon Melamut") 14 February 2014 # Ubuntu Kylin booms in China with over 1,300,000 downloads in less than [China](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/china) [Partner](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/partner) --- Share the article The Chinese love Ubuntu Kylin, a version of Ubuntu optimised for them. Its popularity has built quickly with 400,000 downloads after its first release in April 2013 and a rise to over 1,300,000 new downloads after its second release in October. That’s impressive for a downloadable operating system since most consumers in China, the world’s largest PC market, as in other markets prefer to get their OS pre-installed when they buy a device. The attraction of Ubuntu Kylin is its optimisation to the needs of Chinese users. It features full Chinese user interface and bespoke Chinese applications and integration such as Chinese music search from Baidu in the dash, Chinese lunar calendar, weather plugins and Kingsoft WPS, the most popular suite of office software in China. The source of this successful localisation is our partnership with Chinese organisations: the National University of Defense Technology (NUDT) and China Software and Integrated Promotions Centre (CSIP). We developed Ubuntu Kylin together, along with the support of our enthusiastic and collaborative Chinese Ubuntu community. Dr. Qiu ShanQinm President of CSIP explains, “Ubuntu Kylin is a professional open source community implementation based on Ubuntu for Chinese users, which offers users a secure, localized experience that will be updated frequently by the Joint Lab and community.” With such strong initial growth, Ubuntu Kylin adoption is set to increase. Ubuntu already has a long standing presence in China. Canonical has been partnering for years with OEMs like Dell, HP and Lenovo to bring millions of Ubuntu pre-installed PCs to China. They are currently being sold online and across nearly 2,500 retail outlets in China. Downloaded, or pre-installed on PCs one thing is clear: there’s a bright future in China for Ubuntu Kylin. For more information/to find out more on Ubuntu Kylin, visit [www.ubuntu.com/desktop/ubuntu-kylin-chinese](http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/ubuntu-kylin-chinese) and [Get in touch Interested in running Ubuntu in your organization?](https://ubuntu.com/about/contact-us/form) ## Sign up for our newsletter Get the latest Canonical news and updates in your inbox. Work email: \*I agree to receive information about Canonical's products and services. By submitting this form, I confirm that I have read and agree to [Canonical's Privacy Policy](https://canonical.com/legal/dataprivacy). Sign up ## Share on --- ## Related posts [### A decade of Ubuntu on IBM Z and IBM LinuxONE](https://canonical.com/blog/a-decade-of-ubuntu-on-ibm-z-and-ibm-linuxone) This year we celebrate a decade of Ubuntu Server support on the s390x architecture: marking a long-standing collaboration between Canonical and IBM that began at LinuxCon 2015.... [Pedro Lazzarotto](https://canonical.com/blog/author/pedro-lazzarotto) 12 June 2026 [### AI at the edge: simplifying infrastructure with Cisco and Canonical](https://canonical.com/blog/ai-at-the-edge-simplifying-infrastructure-with-cisco-and-canonical) Legacy infrastructure was not designed for the requirements of the AI era. While large-scale model training remains centralized in data centers, test-time inference is rapidly... [Pedro Lazzarotto](https://canonical.com/blog/author/pedro-lazzarotto) 11 June 2026 [### Canonical expands Ubuntu support to next-generation MediaTek Genio 520 and 720 platforms](https://canonical.com/blog/canonical-expands-ubuntu-support-to-next-generation-mediatek-genio-520-and-720-platforms) Canonical is pleased to announce the early access launch of Ubuntu 24.04 LTS for MediaTek’s Genio IoT platforms. Building on the companies’ strategic partnership, this release... [Canonical](https://canonical.com/blog/author/canonical) 20 April 2026 [### AMI and Canonical announce partnership](https://canonical.com/blog/ubuntu-boot-in-uefi-announcement) Today, Canonical, the publisher of Ubuntu, announced a partnership with AMI, a provider of Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) solutions, allowing users of AMI’s... [Canonical](https://canonical.com/blog/author/canonical) 24 November 2025