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China’s Evolving Informatization Strategy

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Since the mid-1990s China has devoted considerable resources to developing its informatization strategy and conducted extensive research to determine the appropriate framework and goals for building an information society.1 Strong leadership at the national, provincial, and municipal levels, combined with a sustained, long-term focus from the highest levels of the Chinese government on developing information and communication technology (ICT), have given ICT a prominent role in sustainable development strategies and ensured its application to core economic and social goals.

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Notes

  1. 1.

     This chapter uses the Chinese government’s terminology of informatization, defined as the transformation of an economy and society driven by information and communications technology, and uses it interchangeably with the terms information society, knowledge economy, and e-development.

  2. 2.

     China urban–rural income gap continues to widen http://in.reuters.com/article/asiaCompanyAndMarkets/idINPEK1715020080124.

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    http://www.law.yale.edu/intellectuallife/openinformation.htm.

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    China’s draft new Telecommunications Law was made available for public review and comments early 2009. But it is still not issued after being in the drafting status for 30 years.

  5. 5.

    Business Monitor International (BMI). China Telecommunications Report Q4 (2010).

  6. 6.

    Telegeography. GlobalComms Database China. http://www.telegeography.com/.

  7. 7.

     Source: US–China Business Council Statistics Website: http://www.uschina.org/statistics/tradetable.html.

  8. 8.

    http://www.prlog.org/10937057-statistics-and-operation-of-chinese-information-technology-industry.html.

  9. 9.

    http://www.nasscom.in/upload/SR10/ExecutiveSummary.pdf; http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/revenues-of-indian-software-industry-to-top-60-billion-nasscom_100150945.html.

  10. 10.

    http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/11/content_9831976.htm.

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    http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90778/90861/7197674.html.

  12. 12.

    http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjsj/ndsj/2009/indexeh.htm.

  13. 13.

    United States Department of Labor, Occupational Employment Statistics. http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm#00-0000.

  14. 14.

    http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2010-05/14/content_9849975.htm.

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    http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2010-05/14/content_9849975.htm.

  16. 16.

    Distribution channels for B2C e-commerce are different in that there are many more destinations for products sold online. The distribution center can be considered the last link between the product and the customer, so the management and operation of the distribution become critical when dealing with individual orders and addresses. Delays in delivering products and mistakes in orders will create customer dissatisfaction, which is an important determinant for online shoppers.

  17. 17.

    This section draws on Qiang et al. (2009).

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    http://www.china-embassy.org/eng/xw/t251756.htm.

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    Ministry of Commerce: http://english.mofcom.gov.cn/aarticle/statistic/foreigninvestment/201011/20101107222134.html.

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    Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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    Source: National Bureau of Statistics. http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjsj/ndsj/2009/indexeh.htm.

  22. 22.

    http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2010/12/02/China-ranks-fourth-in-RD-spending/UPI-89181291310006/.

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    http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2010/12/02/China-ranks-fourth-in-RD-spending/UPI-89181291310006/.

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    All government information is to be accessible by the public unless it falls in one of six areas exempted from disclosure: a state secret, a commercial secret, an individual’s private information, information related to a matter being investigated, discussed, or processed, information related to an administrative enforcement action that might influence the enforcement activity or endanger an individual’s life or safety, or information otherwise exempted from disclosure by law or regulation. All but the state secrets exemption may be subject to a balancing test.

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Hanna, N.K., Qiang, C.ZW. (2011). China’s Evolving Informatization Strategy. In: Hanna, N., Knight, P. (eds) Seeking Transformation Through Information Technology. Innovation, Technology, and Knowledge Management. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0353-1_3

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