Certificate clears way for cloud service providers

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology granted "trusted cloud service" certificates to 19 local cloud computing providers on Tuesday, paving the way for their possible inclusion in government procurement projects.

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd was one of the biggest winners as its cloud products - including host service, object storage service and data centers - gained authentication, according to a statement issued by the ministry.

The nation's three State-owned telecom carriers as well as tech giants in the private sector, such as Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, Baidu Inc, Tencent Holdings Ltd and Kingsoft Co Ltd, also have cloud products on the trusted list.