The fifth meeting of the National Leading Group on
Informatization passed, in principle, a strategic plan for state
informatization development (2006-2020), sources with the central
government said Thursday.
The Informatization Leading Group under the State Council,
headed by Chinese Premier Wen
Jiabao, serves as a task force that plans, coordinates and
deliberates on development blueprints and policies of state
informatization.
"Informatization is the mega-trend of world development and a
key factor in promoting social and economic development and
reform," Wen said at the meeting.
The meeting highlighted the components of China's
informatization for the coming period, which falls into the
following areas:
Adhering to the principle of serving the overall situation of
modernization, promoting e-government and pushing forward the
informatization of national defense;
Pushing forward the development of capacities for independent
innovations;
Speeding up reforms and pushing ahead system and mechanism
innovations, sticking to a market-oriented and demand-oriented
direction;
Strengthening the infrastructure of informatization and
enhancing the development abilities and social service
functions;
Building an information security guarantee system;
Improving overall arrangements and properly coordinating
important relations in the process of informatization;
And, strengthening talent training and improving the national
informatization capacity.
The meeting also required related government branches to make
full preparations for the implementation of the strategic plan.
(Xinhua News Agency November 4, 2005)