The first 20 years of the 21st century will be a strategic
period that China cannot afford to let pass as China is set to make
great leaps in the field of Information, said Wang Xudong, minister
of the information industry, recently in Beijing. To achieve this
goal, the minister outlined six key points for the industry’s
development.
China intends to further restructure the electronic information
product manufacturing industry in order to upgrade China to a
manufacturing giant, from quantity to quality. While the global
electronic information product industry is restructuring, China
should firmly seize the opportunity and make good use of the global
trend to establish a national-scale electronic information
industrial base. The ministry will implement a “large corporation”
strategy to help form some large corporations with an
internationally competitive edge and foster some leading
enterprises with high value-added products, heavy market shares and
strongly competitive kernels.
It intends to accelerate the developing pace of the industry and
maintain a high-return growth momentum. China will accelerate
reconstructing, optimize and upgrade work for the current network
to the next-generation information network. The 3rd generation
mobile communication will be promoted and the application of new
technology enhanced to foster new business growth. Policies for
guiding the industry’s development will be better implemented to
guarantee a sound development environment for software, IC, digital
TV and mobile communication segments.
Governments at various levels should progressively establish and
improve the information system to engage in E-government.
Enterprises should also adopt information technology to upgrade and
optimize the traditional industry so as to increase competency.
The Ministry of Information Industry will better guide the
industry in strict line with the law to ensure inter-access of
different operating networks and regulate the economic order of the
telecom market. The ministry will also enhance comprehensive
planning and macro guidance for the industry and work to maintain
its sustainable development through appropriate guiding,
regulating, monitoring and serving.
According to China’s commitment to the World Trade Organization,
China is bound to allow foreign capital’s access into the domestic
telecom service market. Electronic enterprises will be aided to set
up outbound branch factories and engage in outsourcing projects to
increase electronic product exports. Telecom operating enterprises
will also be encouraged to expand internationally.
(China.org.cn by Alex Xu, October 4, 2003)