Addressing a national conference on the application of information technology in Beijing, Qu Weizhi, executive vice-director of Chinese Government's information technology taskforce, said promoting the development and use of information technology is essential for China's sustainable social and economic development.
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Yan was addressing the 2004 World Engineers' Convention in taking place in Shanghai.
Yan"s report entitled "The E-city Development and the Practice of Shanghai's E-city Engineering Project" was delivered to a network engineering and informatization forum at the ongoing 2004 World Engineers' Convention in Shanghai.
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Eighteen districts and counties are taking part, forming a network through which marriage records can be checked to ensure that neither bride- nor groom-to-be are already wed to anyone else.
Speaking at a conference in Singapore yesterday, Fung said that the Hong Kong government's strategy was to use incentives and penalties to encourage residents to use more cost-effective service channels.