Hitachi and the Beijing Polytechnic University to Cooperate in the "e-Government" Field in China - Brief Article

Information Superhighways Newsletter, Sept, 2001

Hitachi and the Beijing Polytechnic University (BPU) announced that they have agreed to contribute to realization of e-government in China, by jointly establishing a showroom specialized in e-government and conducting market research to realize thee-government system for the Chinese market, bringing together their technologies and know-how.

Based on this agreement, Hitachi and BPU will bring together Hitachi's e-government system technologies and BPU's know-how. Hitachi's e-government system technology has a proven record of implementation of the system in Japan. And BPU's know-how has been gained from computerizing the Beijing Municipal Government offices. The two parties are going to open China's first e-government showroom.

Based on the "The Tenth Five-Year Plan" that is mainly focused on IT, the Chinese government is promoting construction of network infrastructure and preparing for the realization of e-government in 2005. With its "Digital Beijing" initiative, the Beijing Municipal Government is actively working toward the computerization of administration procedures and e-education.