China is currently transforming from socialist plan-economy to market-economy. As a transforming country, China is confronted with double tasks of economic informatization and social informatization. The so-called economic informatization and social informatization means that, in every sector of national economy and social activities, computer, communication and network technologies are applied comprehensively to make full use of information resources, realize high-level resources sharing and spur economic growth and social development so that information technology, information industry and information network play a more and more important role in all fields of social economy and gradually dominate the dynamic development course of national economy and social development. The development of social economy will shift from structure centered on material and energy to that centered on information. Information technology has become the most advanced and active productive force. Fast rising of information network infiltrates and spread E-commerce into industries of global economy and aspects of society, and information industry has become a rising point of global economy, major driving force and burgeoning pillar industry.
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