This table is from an earlier verison of: Kathleen Hartford, "West Lake Wired: Shaping Hangzhou's Information Age," in Chin-chuan Lee, ed., Chinese Media, Global Contexts (London: Routledge, in press). The information given pertains to the status quo circa spring 2001. Both the rapid pace of Internet development and the rapid pace of institutional change in China will make portions of this information obsolete, and the reader should check reliable sources for more recent information.
Table 3. Projects for Hangzhou Informationization
I. Information infrastructure projects
1. broadband information transmission network
2. cable TV network's upgrading to two-way and digital
3. next generation wireless digital network
II. Government management informationization projects
4. government dedicated communications network platform
5. ten key public databases
6. office automation and task information system
7. domestic economic management information system
8. urban construction management information system
9. urban public security information system
III. Science and technology informationization projects
10. educational informationized system
11. science and technology informationized system
IV. Social insurance informationization project
12. social insurance information management and services system
V. Electronic commerce projects
13. electronic data exchange center (EDI) and network
14. payments gateway
15. tourism electronic commerce center
Source: Zhonggong Hangzhou shiwei bangongting & Hangzhoushi renmin zhengfu bangongting. (29 Dec. 2000). "Hangzhoushi jingji he shehui xinxihua fazhan guihua gangyao [Outline of development plan for Hangzhou municipality's economic and social informationzation]." Available: http://www.hangzhou.gov.cn/2_yhgc/zcdt/02.htm (Accessed 24 April 2000).
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