During the 11th Five-year period(2006-2010), China will kick off a full fledged information process in five major sectors, said WANG Xudong, Chinese Minister of Information Industry, at a recently held meeting to advance information process in the country. The rural areas and associated applications makes the first priority in the information technology enhancement campaign.
WANG said that the information process and gradual narrowing down digital divide between urban and rural areas can help solve some rural problems. China will further improve and perfect the information infrastructure construction in the rural areas, and accelerate the implementation of the project connecting every village with telephone lines, making information technology part of every household in the rural areas, and establishing a well-functioned rural information service system.
China will facilitate the economic structure optimization and change of growth modes with information technology, said WANG. Authorities concerned shall actively advance industrial information process, raise operation efficiency and management level, develop new businesses including e-commerce, facilitate the change from a traditional service industry to a modern one, nurture new economic growth points, and promote the transformation of high consumption and high pollution sectors with information technology.
WANG added that during the 11th five-year period, information technology shall find an enhanced application in social sectors, advocating for extensive application of information technology in the urban management system, raising information technology capacity of medical institutions at different levels, and building the information technology capacity of the employment sector.
In the field of culture activities, China will relentlessly develop a modern information service industry, digital content industry, and online education industry. In addition, China will strengthen the application of information technology in the government management system, using government information resources as the trunk line, in an effort to allow people to be more aware of government activities, and enhance the applications of e-government and associated services. Information technology shall also find appropriate applications in the development of urban emergency system, emergency response mechanism, and social pre-warning system. China will strengthen its efforts in guarding a safe information infrastructure. |
