March 11
Miao Wei, Minister of Industry and Information Technology
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Miao Wei, minister of industry and information technology, answers questions at a press conference on implementing the Made in China 2025 initiative, March 11, 2017. [Photo/Xinhua] |
On Made in China 2025
The essential aim of the Made in China 2025 initiative is to accelerate the country's industrial upgrade and transformation to meet the domestic demand of variable equipment and industrial products.
Foreign and Chinese enterprises will continue to be treated equally under the relevant policies. With new energy vehicles as examples, enterprises are allowed to access the Chinese market only when they can offer a full range of development and manufacturing technologies. The requirement doesn't just target foreign enterprises, and also doesn't force the foreign enterprises to transfer their technologies to China.
The original intention of the policy is to avoid the phenomenon when certain companies cheated subsidies and left the market after making money.
On mobile rates for domestic roaming and long-distance calls
The Ministry of Industrial and Information Technology pays strong attention to the total cancellation of the mobile rates for domestic roaming and long-distance calls.
The Ministry is now actively promoting three major telecom carriers to overcome difficulties and accelerate their steps to scrap their domestic long distance and roaming charges, so that the carriers can achieve the goal in advance.
