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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826470503321

Autore

Qiang Christine Zhen-Wei

Titolo

China's information revolution : : managing the economic and social transformation / / Christine Zhen-Wei Qiang

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , c2007

ISBN

1-280-85760-9

9786610857609

0-8213-6721-8

Descrizione fisica

xviii, 137 pages : illustrations ; ; 26 cm

Disciplina

338.4/70040951

Soggetti

Information technology - China - Management

Social change - China - 21st century

China Economic conditions 2000-

China Social conditions 2000-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

China's emerging informatization strategy -- Establishing an enabling legal and regulatory environment -- Enhancing telecommunications infrastructure -- Developing and innovating the ICT industry -- Improving ICT human resources -- Advancing e-government -- Fostering e-business -- Connecting the issues: a summing up.

Sommario/riassunto

This report presents a comprehensive overview of the information, communication and technological sector in China, and the role it has played during economic and social transformation in the past decade. It provides guidance on the kind of reforms policy makers in China may wish to consider in pursuing the country's quest for continued ICT development. It also combines local perspectives with international experiences on how issues in areas such as legal and regulatory environment, telecommunications infrastructures, and IT industry have been addressed by other countries.