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To: Ian@SI who wrote (54075)	10/12/2001 1:10:34 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 70976

China Coastal Regions to Lead in Informatization Processes October 12, 2001 (BEIJING) -- Chinese local governments in 24 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions have decided to give priority to informatization processes, officials said. Eastern coastal regions are expected to take the lead by promoting their information industry, while the comparatively underdeveloped central and western regions will be given support to keep the pace, said Zhao Xiaofan, deputy director of the State Informatization Promotion Office. He said China will pay great attention to informatization, and local governments are mapping out blueprints for informatization development in their localities. Beijing plans to build more than 10 microchip production lines, each following international standards, with the goal to become a microelectronics industrial base as well as a leader in that field in China, or even the world. East China's Shanghai Municipality, Zhejiang province and South China's Guangdong province have all joined in the competition. In May, Minister of Information Industry Wu Jichuan announced the goal of using informatization as a major force to push the industrialization of China. (Xinhua News Agency)