2005-08-02

Software Industry in Line with WTO

In order to meet the requirements of the World Trade Organization (WTO), the Chinese government is pushing ahead with policies encouraging the development of the software industry, a senior official from the Ministry of Information Industry said.

Chinese software companies are already quite strong in Linux operating systems, office software and information security software, and some alliances have been formed by leading software companies, trying to build open standards for the industry.

A Changfeng Open Standard Platform Software Alliance was formed in April in Beijing to promote the development of Linux-based software.

Another China Open Source Software Promotion Alliance was cemented in July 2004, with the aim of developing a domestic standard for Linux software, to link different versions of software on the market, as well as to co-operate with Japan and South Korea in regional standards.

Source from China Daily.

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