According to the news on Thursday, under the criticism of international pressures and internal people, China has canceled the software procurement policy of discrimination against foreign companies.
It has long been expected that the State Council will announce a new policy in this summer, requiring a certain proportion of various departments and state-owned enterprises to purchase software to be manufactured by Chinese companies. There are rumors that the lowest ratio is 50% to 70%. At present, China's software industry is developing rapidly, and the market size rever reached billions of dollars, and government procurement accounts for one quarter.
But officials who drafted software procurement policies have decided to make concessions. An official of the Beijing Municipal Government said: "This is a discriminatory policy, Oracle, Microsoft and other enterprises have developed and even produce in China. It can also say that their software is China software." He said that the new policy will ask the government. Buy legitimate software instead of piracy, there is a certain tendency to produce domestic products. In theory, products produced by Microsoft, Oracle, Sun Microsystems, and SAP may be included.
The source said: "This policy makes China and foreign definitions have not much sense." Western software company has developed billions of dollars in China, cultivating Chinese employees, making product localization, these are in this emerging The market got a place. After the new policy, Wu Yi visited Washington for a few months later, she promised to fight piracy, indefinite freeze "WAPI" wireless standard, government relations consulting company APCO WorldWide Beijing General Manager Patrick Hogan said: "This shows China It is getting more and more pragmatic and responsible. "
A Western corporate manager said that the latest decision is a small victory of Western companies, but it is significant. He said: "China has encountered many international pressures in the open market, destroying piracy, the original software procurement policy does not comply with WTO The spirit. This is a surface victory, but the product of a Western company is considered to be the relationship between China production depends on the relationship with the local government. "
The China Information Industry Department said that the software industry will reach a scale of $ 25 billion this year, far exceeding the Idc estimated $ 3 billion.
Source: Sohu IT
