China's information revolution : managing the economic and social transformation

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-129) and index

Contents; Foreword; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Overview; 1 China's Emerging Informatization Strategy; Box 1.1 Characteristics of Information and Communication Technology; Figure 1.1 General Pattern of Informatization Strategy Development; Figure 1.2 China's Economic Structure by Sector, 1978-2003; Figure 1.3 Foreign Direct Investment in China, 1996-2005; Figure 1.4 China's Urban-Rural Population, 1995-2004, and Income Ratio, 1978-2004; Figure 1.5 Framework for China's Informatization; 2 Establishing an Enabling Legal and Regulatory Environment

Figure 2.1 Institutional Structure of China's Telecommunications SectorTable 2.1 ICT-Related Regulatory Responsibilities of Selected Government Agencies; Figure 2.2 Regulatory Jurisdictions for China's ICT Services and Networks ; Table 2.2 Main Areas, Goals, and Policy, Legal, and Regulatory Issues for nformatization; Box 2.1 China's E-Signature Law; Table 2.3 E-Commerce and E-Signature Legislation in East Asia and the Pacific; Table 2.4 Selected ICT Laws and Regulations in China; Box 2.2 The United Kingdom's Converged Regulator; Box 2.3 Legislative Mechanisms in China

3 Enhancing Telecommunications InfrastructureFigure 3.1 Telecommunications Investment and Revenue in China, 1990-2004; Table 3.1 China's Main Telecommunications Providers, by Market Segment; Table 3.2 China's Telecommunications Commitments to the World Trade Organization; Figure 3.3 Market Shares of Fixed and Mobile Providers, 2005; Figure 3.4 Telecommunications Penetration in China, 1994-2004; Figure 3.6 Monthly Price Basket for Internet Use in Selected Countries, 2003; Table 3.3 Telecommunications Penetration in East Asia and Other Developing Economies, 2004

Figure 3.8 Fixed Line and Internet Penetration in China's Urban and Rural Areas, 2003Figure 3.9 Personal Computer Penetration in Selected Provinces in China, 2003; 4 Developing and Innovating the ICT Industry; Box 4.1 Government Initiatives toward the Integrated Circuit Industry; Figure 4.1 Sales Revenues for China's Integrated Circuit Industry by Segment, 2004; Box 4.2 The Key Factor for Developing Integrated Circuit Design Capacity; Figure 4.3 Market Shares of the Top Six Personal Computer Firms in China, 2004; Box 4.3 Lenovo's Purchase of IBM; Table 4.1 Chinese Software Parks

Figure 4.4 China's Software Market, 1999-2004Figure 4.5 Network Security Revenue in China's Vertical Markets, Q1 2003-Q2 2004; Box 4.4 Leading Domestic Security Firms; Figure 4.6 Size and Growth of China's Digital Media Industry, 2001-05; Box 4.5 TRLabs-An Industry-Led ICT R&D Consortium; Figure 4.7 R&D Spending and ICT Patent Applications in Selected Countries, 2004; 5 Improving ICT Human Resources; Figure 5.1 Gross Secondary and Tertiary Enrollment Ratios in Selected Countries, 1980 and 2003; Box 5.1 Information Retrieval Abilities among Primary and Secondary School Students

Figure 5.2 Regional Differences in ICT Education in China's Primary and Secondary Schools, Selected Provinces

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