COSUG was started in August 2011 and holds meetups in Shanghai, Beijing, and other Chinese cities to discuss OpenStack. It currently has over 858 subscribers to its Google Group, over 1,500 registered users on its website, and over 1,000 users in its QQ chat group. COSUG plans to expand its OpenStack training program and community involvement. It focuses on users for deployment and operations, while COSCL jointly develops OpenStack projects with support from companies like Intel and Sina.