Chongqing will invest billions of dollars to build the upper reaches of the Yangtze River Information Center

China News Agency in Chongqing on twelve November, (to Jiang micro) Chongqing City Vice Mayor Wu Jianong today held the first "Chinese - Chongqing Computer Festival" at the opening ceremony said that the city will invest one hundred billion yuan to build the information center of the upper reaches of the Yangtze river.

Wu Jianong introduced Chongqing to the development of the information industry into the local national economy pillar industry, and on the basis of Chongqing to build a information center in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, so Chongqing will focus on the future development of integrated circuits, software, information services, communication products, new element unit, digital equipment, information appliances, built two electronic the information industry base. Wu Jianong said, a good environment for hosting the computer festival aims to create the development of information industry and information technology, information publicity and popularization of knowledge; stimulating the market demand, leading fashion consumption, regulate market transactions; to promote investment, to achieve leapfrog development of IT industry.

The general manager of Intel China District Lai Yilong said, Chongqing as the only municipality directly under the central government, plays a very important role in the western region; the level of infrastructure of the information industry is higher than the national average, in a leading position in the western region, have the conditions to achieve leapfrog development.

It is understood that Chongqing in recent years, the rapid growth of the information industry, with an average annual growth rate of thirty percent. Two for four years, Chongqing electronic information industry sales revenue of RMB thirteen billion and nine hundred million yuan, an increase of nearly fifteen times over the past two years of 000.

The first "China - Chongqing computer festival attracted the attention of manufacturers at home and abroad, there are more than 1 thousand and 500 companies from more than and 10 countries and regions to participate in, Intel, IBM, HP, Hitachi, Toshiba, Haier and other well-known domestic and foreign enterprises all exhibitors IT. (end)