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ITI works actively to enhance market access for ICT products and services in China. With more than 338 million Internet users and 600 million mobile subscribers today, China has seen its domestic demand for ICT goods and services grow rapidly in recent years. At the same time, China is adopting policies that promote unique national standards and provide unfair advantages to domestic companies. ITI monitors these and other policies and actively advocates on behalf of our members through ITI's strong relationships in both capitals.
In Beijing, ITI works closely with the U.S. Information Technology Office (USITO) and the U.S. Embassy. We maintain close contact in Washington with the U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Capitol Hill, and other trade associations to ensure high-tech issues in China are given high priority on the U.S. trade policy agenda.
Indigenous Innovation
Indigenous innovation is a
policy concept developed by the Chinese government to boost the creation and
commercialization of proprietary ideas and technologies by Chinese companies. ITI
welcomes China’s efforts to innovate, but opposes discriminatory and
problematic measures China has adopted in many areas to achieve this goal.
One such policy issued in November 2009 is indigenous
innovation product accreditation—a list of products invented and produced
in China that would receive preferences in government procurement in China. To
be eligible for preferences, products must contain Chinese proprietary
intellectual property rights, and the original registration location of the
product trademark must be within the territory of China. While many governments
include domestic content requirements for procurement, intellectual property
ownership requirements lie outside international practice and would act as a
barrier for most foreign companies—even those that have invested significantly
and manufacture in China—selling to China’s significant government procurement
market.
The United States and China are important economic partners, and ITI hopes the
two sides will work together to eliminate discriminatory practices that create
unfair market conditions.
ITI raises concerns over Indigenous Innovation Policies with China's Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST). February 2010
2009 USITO Comments on China's WTO Compliance
Beijing-based U.S. Information Technology Office (USITO) and its parent associations, including ITI, submitted to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) these comments outlining its views on China's WTO performance in the high-tech sector. Every year since China's WTO accession in 2001, USTR solicits public comments to assist in writing the annual USTR report to Congress on China's compliance with commitments made in connection with its accession to the WTO, including both multilateral commitments and any bilateral commitments made to the United States.
China's Green Dam Youth Escort Filtering Software
On May 19, China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued a notice requiring all personal computers sold in China to pre-install Green Dam internet filtering software. The Information Technology Industry Council, the Software & Information Industry Association, the Telecommunications Industry Association and TechAmerica urged the Chinese government to reconsider implementing its new mandatory filtering software requirement. Read More.
