Historical opportunity to be a cyber power

Editor's note: At a national conference on cybersecurity and informatization on Friday and Saturday, President Xi Jinping called for "keenly" grasping the historic opportunity informatization has offered, in order to build the country into a strong cyber power. Three experts share their views with China Daily's Zhang Zhouxiang on the issue. Excerpts follow:

In-depth R&D will boost cyber sector

Two principles need to be followed to make China a strong cyber power. First, China must develop core technologies so it can chart its own destiny. The case of Chinese telecommunications equipment maker ZTE Corp - which Washington has barred from buying US technology or product for seven years - shows that without having access to core technology, Chinese companies, no mater how big or successful they are, will suffer when a foreign power blocks the export of key technologies or equipment parts.