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China to Speed Up Internet
New policies to develop the Internet industry have been outlined by the Chinese government, according to senior officials at the Ministry of Information Industry (MII) Tuesday.
Wednesday's China Daily quoted Zhang Chunjiang, vice minister of MII, as saying that the ministry will strive to maintain a high speed of growth in the Internet industry, which will help make it a backbone in the national economy over the next five years.
Statistics from the ministry showed that China's Internet users increased from 16.9 million in June 2000 to 26 million by March 2001. There were more than 620 Internet service providers and 1,600 Internet content providers by the end of 2000.
Zhang said at the China Internet Conference and Exhibition 2001 held in Beijing between July 10 to 12 that to achieve a steady growth, integration of telecommunications, cable and computer networks and the development of Internet-based value-added services would become two major tasks for China's Internet industry in the coming five years.
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