A senior IT official said here Wednesday that the Chinese
government will step up its support for software innovation,
especially the development of core software and other patentable
programs.
Wang Bingke, deputy director of the Department of Economic
Restructuring and Operations under the Ministry of Information
Industry, said the ministry will encourage software enterprises to
cooperate and form innovative unions, so as to gradually build an
innovative, home-grown technological system.
At the same time, the ministry will prod firms to develop
innovative information security software, he added.
According to the government plan, by 2010 domestic sales of
software and information services will exceed 1 trillion yuan
(about US$151 billion), 65 percent of which will be home
produced.
In 2006, the total sales of China's software market stood at 470
billion yuan.
Wang said most of China's software producers are medium and
small sized enterprises, with limited capacity for innovation and
few core technologies.
To encourage software innovation, the ministry honored 10
software enterprises Wednesday for their achievements in developing
home-brand software products.
(Xinhua News Agency April 26, 2007)