ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHINA'S INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY

Promote Rapid and Sound Development of Our Country's Information Networks*

^*Speech at a workshop on the legal system hosted by the CPC Central Committee.

July 11, 2001

In today's world, rapid development of science and technology, particularly IT and network technology, has a profound effect on global political, economic, military, scientific and technological, cultural, and social affairs. This demands our close attention. The Fifth Plenary Session of the Fifteenth CPC Central Committee decided that the country must strongly promote informationization in the national economy and society, use informationization to drive industrialization, make the most of the advantages of a late start, and skip stages of development of the productive forces. This ...