Since 1978, China’s electronic information
industry has been advancing at a high speed, having
far-reaching and favorable influence on other branches of
the national economy. Computers, software and
telecommunications are the three major parts of
China’s information industry. By 1999, the total scale
of the information industry was at the top international
level. The output of color TV sets, sound equipment and
telephones had leaped to first place in the world; the total
sales income of the electronic information industry had
reached 430 billion yuan, with 39 billion US dollars in
export value. Chinese computer groups represented by Legend
and Founder of Beijing University are not only the leaders
in the domestic market, their products have also entered
markets in Southeast Asia and Japan. At the same time, with
remarkable market potential, computer software Chinese
computer groups represented by Legend and Founder of Beijing
University are not only the leaders in the domestic market,
their products have also entered markets in Southeast Asia
and Japan. At the same time, with remarkable market
potential, computer software development and information
services are also developing well in recent years.
Currently, finance, posts and telecommunications, science
and technology, education, business activities and
government institutions in China all have their own network
systems and data bases connected with the Internet. So far,
China has 8.9 million Internet users. In 1999, Beijing
opened a 45-megampere international exit, which made the
total bandwidth of international exit of China’s
electronic information 130 megamperes. As the industry
developed most rapidly since the reform and opening to the
outside world, telecommunications manufacturing kept an
over-30-percent development speed during the Eighth
Five-Year Plan period. China has completed various public
telecommunication networks throughout the country and linked
with the rest of the world, including optical-fibre, digital
microwave, satellite communication, program-controlled
exchange, and mobile and data communication.
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