China is introducing projects to ensure that the country's local governments, from provincial down to county and municipal levels, are all using legal software, a top Chinese official said during a meeting with visiting US officials.
The US Commerce Department released a summary on Monday of the meeting between with Chinese government officials, including Vice Premier Wang Qishan, who leads the country's intellectual property rights enforcement.
China continues to take measures to push all levels of Chinese government to use copyrighted software, Wang is reported to have said at the meeting. China's provincial governments will complete a programme to move to legal software by mid-2012, while municipal and county governments will complete the programme by 2013.
Details were not mentioned in the summary. China's Commerce Department could not be reached for immediate comment. Wang is said to have told the meeting with US officials that China would increase audits and inspections to ensure government officers were using legal software.
China has long been seen as a hotbed for pirated software, with about 78 percent of all software installed on China's PCs coming from unlicensed copies, according to a 2010 report from the Business Software Alliance
China to force local government off pirate software - Techworld.com
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I never knew that even their GOVT bodies use pirated software! ....amazing.
The US Commerce Department released a summary on Monday of the meeting between with Chinese government officials, including Vice Premier Wang Qishan, who leads the country's intellectual property rights enforcement.
China continues to take measures to push all levels of Chinese government to use copyrighted software, Wang is reported to have said at the meeting. China's provincial governments will complete a programme to move to legal software by mid-2012, while municipal and county governments will complete the programme by 2013.
Details were not mentioned in the summary. China's Commerce Department could not be reached for immediate comment. Wang is said to have told the meeting with US officials that China would increase audits and inspections to ensure government officers were using legal software.
China has long been seen as a hotbed for pirated software, with about 78 percent of all software installed on China's PCs coming from unlicensed copies, according to a 2010 report from the Business Software Alliance
China to force local government off pirate software - Techworld.com
---------- Post added at 10:20 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:19 AM ----------
I never knew that even their GOVT bodies use pirated software! ....amazing.