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A meeting with the representatives of the Chinese Embassy in Belarus and Inspur Group Co., Ltd. Took place in the Communications and Information Ministry of Belarus on 4 May. The sides confirmed their interest in further development of the Belarusian-Chinese cooperation in ICT and discussed its prospects. In particular, the Chinese side showed its interest in the implementation of the draft national programs on development of services in the ICT sector for 2011-2015.

700 million users will meet with you today”, said the minister of the administration of the cyberspace of China, Lu Vey, at the beginning of the working meeting with deputy Prime Minister Rumiana Bachvarova. It took place at the Ministry of the administration of the cyberspace in Beijing.

Deputy Prime Minister Bachvarova and Minister Lu discussed the development of the e-government. The Bulgarian Deputy PM underlined that one of the challenges for all governments are the fast temps of development of the internet space which outrun the development of the e-government. “With you, like with the colleagues from EU and the USA, we have agreed that there is a necessity of centralization of the processes related to e-government in order to improve the services provided to the citizens and the business, as well as the functioning of the administration itself,“ emphasized Minister Bachvarova.

Promoted by the reforms by various regions in China, the local authorities' abilities to govern and serve the people have been significantly improved.

Using big data technology, more efficient ways have been developed to solve problems in the public sphere, according to a report by Xinhua-run Outlook Weekly.

China steht kurz davor, die Internet-Supermacht USA hinter sich zu lassen. Mit mehr als 56 Mio. Breitband-Usern ist man mit den rund 60 Mio. US-amerikanischen Nutzern schon fast gleichgezogen. Zusätzliche Breitband-Impulse werden durch die olympischen Spiele 2008 in Peking erwartet. Denn die chinesische Regierung plant, bis zur Eröffnung jeden Haushalt der Hauptstadt mit einem Breitband-Anschluss auszustatten. Insgesamt hatten Ende März 2007 weltweit rund 1,1 Mrd. Menschen einen Zugang zum Internet. 300 Mio. davon waren über Breitband online, so die neueste Statistik des Marktforschungsinstituts Point Topic.

The agreement was signed in June by the Bulgarian Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Ivaylo Moskovski, and the Chinese Minister of Industry and Information Technology Miao Wei.

• Region is at the heart of the geopolitical rivalry between the two economic giants, experts say
• Both have committed to regional partnerships but US is struggling to make its mark

China recently adopted the third draft of its controversial cybersecurity law. It is the first Chinese law focusing exclusively on cybersecurity and will take effect from 1 June 2017.

Foreign businesses operating in China may face data localisation requirements, obligations to share confidential company information with Chinese authorities, and restrictions on the use of foreign technology and equipment in China.

Auf dem Forum wurde betont, dass sich die zuständigen chinesischen Behörden in den letzten Jahren stark für die Ausarbeitung eines landesweiten Notfallplans eingesetzt hätten. Das erste landesweite Notfallsystem nehme Gestalt an. Auch der Aufbau des Notfallmanagements werde derzeit beschleunigt.

• China has a lot to offer the ambitious Asean Smart City Network project and has pledged to share its experience and technology
• But the rise of anti-China sentiment in Asean over South China Sea tensions and unpopular Mekong dam projects may hinder cooperation

In 1950s, collective farming system was introduced across China, making rural land ownership ‘collective’, in an unsuccessful economic experiment. In 1978, households of Xiaogang village, Fenyang County of Anhui Province de-collectivised their land contract rights from the collective to individual households. The subsequent rural land reforms allowed households to assume individual control over agricultural output, therefore increasing agricultural output dramatically across the nation.

• This is the fourth instalment in a four-part series examining the brewing US-China war over the development and deployment of artificial intelligence technology
• China has had success with AI and surveillance, but when it comes to social issues such as education, health care and agriculture, there is still a ways to go

For China, the advent of artificial intelligence is meant to be the silver bullet that unlocks further economic growth and helps solve deep-rooted social problems, such as the uneven distribution of resources in education and health care.

In China hat das Ministerium für Informationsindustrie angekündigt, dass sich eine Kommission mit einem neuen Dokumentenstandard beschäftigen wird. Die "docbase technical standarisation working commission" soll das Problem der Interoperabilität von Office-Anwendungen lösen. "Viele elektronische Dokumente können nicht ausgetauscht werden, da sie von unterschiedlichen Programmen erstellt werden. Auf den Spezifikationen sitzen große Firmen wie auf einem Monopol", wird ein Sprecher der Kommission von der chinesischen Nachrichtenagentur Xinhua zitiert.

Mit Ende Juni 2008 konnte China 253 Millionen Internetnutzer vorweisen und hat damit erstmals die USA als Spitzenreiter abgelöst. In dieser Woche hat die chinesische länderspezifische Top-Level-Domain (ccTLD) .cn auch die deutsche Endung .de überholt und ist damit die größte ccTLD im Internet. Das berichtet die staatliche Nachrichtenagentur Xinhua unter Berufung auf gestern, Donnerstag, veröffentlichte Zahlen des China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC). Damit erhebt China den Anspruch, nun Internet-Nation Nummer eins zu sein.

China has launched a “Blockchain Test Zone” section in its recently-established Free Trade Zone on Hainan island. The project already involves a number of big-name companies and institutions including Oxford University, the People’s University of China, and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. It’s another step towards China’s goal to become a world leader in the blockchain, if not cryptocurrency per se, technology field.