Chinese Vice Minister of Industry and Information Technology Liu Lihua (劉利華) yesterday called for closer cooperation in telecommunications with Taiwan.
At an annual cross-strait telecommunication conference in Hsinchu, Liu said China and Taiwan should work more closely on developing telecom technology.
While they have made great progress in telecom development, they now need to take the next step by working together in areas such as telecom business management, roaming services and Internet information services, said Liu, who is also chairman of the China Association of Communications Enterprises (中國通信企業協會).
They should also should cooperate with each other to draft specifications for 5G telecom services, while setting their sights on the development of the Internet of Vehicles (IoV), Liu said.
Vice Minister of Economic Affairs Shen Jong-chin (沈榮津) said the two sides of the Taiwan Strait should take advantage of the fast growing Internet business in the global market to create a “win-win” situation.
Taiwan’s government has unveiled a 4.0 industrial productivity program to strengthen the country’s industrial development, while China has launched a “Made in China 2025” plan, endorsed by Premier Li Keqiang (李克強), to promote its manufacturing sector, Shen said.
With similar goals for industrial development, the two sides should work together in the telecom business, not only in hardware manufacturing, but in software development, to create value-added products and eventually boost output, Shen said.
Far EasTone Telecommunications Co (遠傳電信) chairman Douglas Hsu (徐旭東) said that he would be pleased to see closer exchanges in the telecom businesses.
Conference delegates were also scheduled to discuss cloud-technology based computing, big data market outlook and trends for handheld and wearable devices.
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