Building an Internet company on a foundation consisting of proprietary software owned by others is akin to building a house without owning the land under it.

成立一个互联网公司基于其他企业提供的专有软件之上就如同建造一个房子于无产权的土地之上。

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Jian Yan Foundation Engineering co. Ltd. is a leading geotechnical high-tech company, incorporated mainly by the Institute of Foundation Engineering of China Academy of Building Research.

建研地基基础工程有限责任公司是原中国建筑科学研究院地基基础研究所改制组建的地基基础和岩土工程领域高新技术企业。

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The company that poured the building's concrete foundation had to do so in the middle of the night.

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