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 1 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.
The manufacture of information products is now worth one trillion
yuan in China, accounting for 19 percent of the gross domestic
product (GDP), according to the China Information Port Forum, which
opened Sunday in Shanghai.
By
the end of last year, China had laid 1.25 million km of optical
fiber cable.
China had 300 million telephone users, including 175 million fixed
telephone users.
The country's telephone network is now the second-largest in the
world.
Regional Development Fruitful Information is the biggest pillar
industry for not only coastal Guangdong Province but also for
inland Shaanxi Province.
Guangdong Province is
the biggest manufacturer of electronic information products in
China, with a production value of 300 billion yuan in 2000.
Many Chinese regions have drafted plans to build their own
information ports.
Shaanxi Province alone boasts 3,000 government data banks and
16,000 commercial data banks.
China to Pour 1 Trillion Yuan in Information Industry
China is to spend one trillion yuan (US$ 120 billion) over the next
five years to spur its information industry.
In
a breakdown, 500 billion yuan will go for telecommunications, 50
billion yuan for post service, and 400 billion for electronic
information technology, according to the meeting.
The Chinese government will make great efforts to push forward and
give priority to the application of information technology as a way
of boosting economic and social development.
Government will provide more channels for the investment and
especially encourage direct investment from home and abroad.
(
December 10, 2001)