Wu, chairman of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, made the remarks when delivering a keynote speech at the opening ceremony of World Telecom 2006 of the International Telecommunications
On behalf of the Chinese government he extended congratulations to Telecom World 2006 and welcomed all participants of the event. Wu also thanked the ITU for selecting Chinese Hong Kong as the venue for the exposition.
He said that in the process of reform and opening up,
The Chinese government will continue to push the development of the information industry with a strategy of industrializing the country with information industry as the locomotive and promoting the information industry through industrialization.
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"The Chinese government will protect the legal rights and interests of all foreign investors and their intellectual property rights (IPR) in accordance with laws and firmly crack down on IPR infringements and copyright piracy," Wu said.
Telecom World 2006 is the largest exposition in terms of attendance and exhibition space since it was launched in 1971. This is the first time the exposition has been staged outside ITU headquarters in
More than 600 ICT enterprises from over 40 countries and regions attended the exhibition. It covers 60,000 square meters and displays the latest products, services, technologies and the development trends in the industry.
Speakers at the opening ceremony included Yoshio Utsumi, ITU secretary general; Muhamad Yunus, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize 2006 and Donald Tsang, chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR).
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After the opening ceremony Wu attended the welcoming reception hosted by the HKSAR government. Before the ceremony he met Utsumi and senior executives of renowned foreign ICT companies attending the exposition. In the morning Wu was given a preview of the exhibition.
Liao Hui, vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and director of the