The Third China E-Government Technology and Application Exhibition, jointly organized by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Ministry of Information Technology, also includes forums and other special events. The exhibition attracted about 60 Chinese and overseas manufacturers in the field, which bring network products, audio and video products, high-speed broadband telecommunication products and network-based memory technologies.
Governmental officials, experts and representatives from enterprises are expected to join discussions on the strategic development of e-governance in China in the near future.
Special events of the exhibition might include a survey on the best government portal websites, case studies on best solutions ofe-governance and a dialogue between governmental officials and businesspeople.
Shi Guangliang, vice secretary-general of the exhibition, said he hopes the exhibition would further stimulate use of e-governance in China.
In recent years, Shi said, the focus of development for e-governance in China has already shifted from infrastructure building to application and service providing.
Experts estimated that China has an e-governance-related marketvalued at 40 billion yuan (4.8 billion US dollars), including 14 billion yuan worth of software products and services.
The organizers also set up an on-line exhibition at the official website, www.egovchina.org.
Quelle: Xinhuanet, 03.08.2004
