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To: signist who wrote (14462)	7/14/1999 7:01:00 AM
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China to Enhance Internet Development BEIJING (July 14) XINHUA - The Chinese government will provide a better environment for Internet development in the country, an official with the Ministry of Information Industry ( MII) said here today. A report on Internet development released today by the China Internet Network Information Center said Chinese Internet users are concentrated mainly in large and developed cities and provinces such as Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangdong Province in south China. However, the number of users in most remote areas is lower than 1 percent, the report said. Internet surfers are most dissatisfied with slow net-surfing speeds, high fees, and insufficient information, according to the report. Educational and technological information and medical, cultural, and tourism information are in short supply on the 'Net, some users complain. Chen Yin, director of the development and planning section of MII, said that band width, a key indicator of Internet capacity, does not meet users' demand. Related departments are making efforts to catch up with international standards in this regard in a bid to increase surfing speed, he said. China slashed telecommunications fees in March this year, but the payment system still has room for improvement, Chen said. He did not rule out the possibility that China may cut down related fees in the near future. He said China's security department has stepped up efforts to establish network and information security systems, and China will come up with a schedule early next century to provide all primary and secondary schools in China with Internet access. Enditem 14/07/99 10:56 GMT * end of story * (COMTEX) B: