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| IT Market to See 20% Growth: Official |
Strong domestic demand and an active telecommunications market will continue to boost China's information market this year, according to senior government officials and industrial analysts.
The output of the information sector is expected to amount to 1.5 trillion yuan (US$180 billion) this year representing a 20 percent increase. |
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| Intel Buys into Chinese IT Firm |
| Intel Capital, a strategic investment arm of Intel Corporation, has bought a 2.86% stake in Anhui USTC iFLYTEK Co., Ltd., a Chinese company that has developed mature data voice convergence technology (DVC). |
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| China Sets up Advisory Panel on Use of Information Technology |
| On Saturday 38 experts were appointed foundation members of China's newly-funded national advisory committee on information technology. |
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| China Int'l IT Expo 2002 to Be Held in April |
| An international exhibition in information technology achievements, the largest of its kind ever held in China, will open in the Shanghai Exhibition Center on April 4. |
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| Mainland Manufacturers Increase Computer Purchase in Taiwan |
As persons of the circle speculated the purchase volume of the three major PC manufacturers namely THTF, Legend and Beida Founder will exceed 50 billion NT dollars in the Island in 2002.
Taiwan manufacturers also showed great interests in cross-Straits cooperation in computer manufacturing because they believed that there is a great potential in the mainland computer market. |
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| China's Ten IT Figures of 2001 Awarded in Beijing |
| The selection result of " Appraisal of China's 10 IT Figures of 2001" was announced in the award-giving meeting in Beijing on January 24. |
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| Internet Surfers Soar, But Jerky Course Ahead: Analysis |
| Authorized statistics released about China's Internet advances recorded over 33.70 million Chinese citizens including a 40% of fair sex surfing on the Internet up to December 31 last year. There has begun online by now a period of stable growth in the number of netizens after sustaining a period of rapid growth popularizing the use of Internet in China. China is now at a time greater stringent demands have been put by Chinese netizens on contents and quality services provided online. |
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| Shanghai IT Sector Grows by 30 Percent Against Global Slowdown |
| The robust information technology (IT) sector in Shanghai, a leading industrial and business center in China, grew by 30 percent in 2001 on a yearly basis. In 2001, IT product manufacturers in the city generated a total output value of more than 100 billion yuan (12.1 billion U.S. dollars) for the first time in history. |
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| Govt to Speed up Development of Intermediate Technological Agencies |
| The Chinese government will speed up the development of intermediate technological agencies to help research findings be applied more quickly to the economy, China's accession to the WTO is prompting the government to create a flexible and favorable climate for scientific and industrial development, said Xu Guanhua, minister of science and technology on January 4. |
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| China's Broad Band Industry at Crossroad |
| The year 2001 has brought more frustration than excitement to China's broad band service suppliers, since most users-to-be have watched their efforts to expand businesses indifferently. Currently, only one percent of Chinese households are connected to a broad band network. Even in prosperous Shanghai the figure is only two percent. |
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| Premier Zhu Calls for More Efforts to Boost IT Industry |
| While presiding over the recently convened first meeting of the national leading group on informatization, Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji called for greater efforts and better coordination to push forward China's information industry in a market-oriented way and prevent redundant building of infrastructure. |
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| President Urges Faster Development of Information Technology |
| President Jiang Zemin has stressed that the wide application of information technology is an innovation in the field of science and technology, which is of profound and revolutionary importance. |
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| Korea-China IT Industry Forum Held in Beijing |
| The Korea-China IT Industry Forum, organized by the Korea IT Industry Promotion Agency (KIIPA) and the China Center of Information Industry Development (CCIID), was held Friday in Beijing. |
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| China Holds First Int'l Information Technology Show |
| The First China International Information Technology Exhibition, sponsored by the Ministry of Information Industry (MII), opened Thursday in Beijing and will last till December 16. |
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| China Among Top 10 Information Industry Powers |
| It is learnt from China Information Port Forum opened Sunday in Shanghai that China has now edged into the world's top 10 information industry powers thanks to 10 years of rapid expansion. The manufacture of information products is now worth one trillion yuan in China, accounting for 19 percent of the GDP. Information has become the biggest pillar industry for not only coastal Guangdong Province but also for inland Shaanxi Province. |
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| Computer Software Sector to Get Further Development |
| Scientific and educational departments have stepped up the upgrading of computer software and integrated circuitry production to give an impetus to the country' s high-tech industries and economic growth. |
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| Home IT Industry Stands Strong |
| In spite of the worldwide recession, China's IT industry witnessed a steady growth in the third quarter of the year thanks to strong domestic demands - and the increase may last for the rest of the year, according to a report by CCID Consulting Co Ltd. |
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| Information Industry to Widen |
| Governments in 24 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions have decided to give priority to their informatization processes, officials said,according to today's China Daily. |
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| IT Storage Market to See Quick Expansion |
| The IT storage market in China will see a robust increase over the next five years with the construction of broadband networks and the promotion of information technology among Chinese enterprises, said a senior IT analyst with International Data Corporation (IDC), a worldwide IT market research firm. |
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| China Outstanding In World IT Industry |
| A recent survey by the Ministry of the Information Industry showed China's IT industry is robust, in sharp contrast to the slowdown in the growth of the world's IT industry. |
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