Networking powerhouse Cisco Systems Inc., announced that it would form a joint venture deal with China’s information technology firm Inspur Group, to resell its networking gear and cold computing products in China. Cisco Systems and Inspur announced that they will invest a $100 million in the project.

Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins stated in a blog post that the deal would deliver advanced technologies and services in IT infrastructure, data centre, cloud storage, smart cities and big data.

Analyst Matthew Robison with Wunderlich Securities said that the deal trails a recent pattern. He added that they are starting to view a trend here of major American companies buying joint ventures, which is the right way to get things done in China.

Robison said that he was excited to announce while Xi Jinping visited over the eighth China-US Internet Industry Forum. He is hopeful that the deal will improve Cisco’s earning in China. Inspur, headquartered in Jinan, China, will have a 51 per cent stake in the new venture.

Robison wrote in the blog post that he was optimistic that working with Inspur will add to the recent momentum that they’ve seen in their business in China. At present, China represents about 3 per cent of their business, and being the world’s second-largest economy, they see the potential to increase their earnings considerably in future.

Robbins pointed to the fourth-quarter results in China that he called more encouraging than any quarter in the course of recent years.

In June, Cisco unveiled a $10 billion venture to advance the improvement of a high-tech industry in China. Agreements were signed with China's National Development and Reform Commission, concentrating on advancement, and the Association of Universities of Applied Science, concentrating on education.

Last year, Inspur dropped a battle to take business in China from IBM when the U.S. company consented to frame a Chinese association with Inspur.

Cisco's sales in China have suffered as of late, and were hit hard by the disclosures based on documents released by former U.S. National Security Agency worker Edward Snowden that the NSA captured and bugged U.S. (It made routers limit for export with a specific end goal to keep an eye on different nations.)

China likewise has launched a project to reinforce the country's tech division, with an objective of making it a world-class contender to companies it now buys from, which incorporate a number of Silicon Valley's major tech firms.

China is a key business sector for U.S. tech organizations, giving China significant haggling power. On Thursday, Microsoft announced that it would partner with Baidu Inc., and Tsinghua Unigroup on cloud technology. Last week, Dell announced that it would invest a $125 billion over five years in China. Earlier this year, IBM pledged to help develop China’s advanced chip industry, also companies such as Intel Corp. and Qualcomm Inc., are producing chips with Chinese startups.

Intel has inked community oriented arrangements incorporating Chinese mobile companies Rockchip and Spreadtrum. Hewlett-Packard, in a $2.3 billion arrangement, sold a 51 per cent larger part in its Chinese server, technology and storage business to Tsinghua Holdings. Chief Meg Whitman called HP's partnership – “a bold move to win in today's China”.

On Wednesday, in Seattle, Xi Jinping met with US tech including Microsoft founder Bill Gates and CEO Satya Nadella, and Apple CEO Tim Cook.