Information Economy Theory

Author: Wang Xianlei
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Publish Date: 2004-06-01
Features: The 16th National Congress of the Party proposed that China should take a new path of industrialization where "information drives industrialization and industrialization promotes informatization" to promote the informatization and modernization of the national economy and society. To achieve this strategic goal, this book comprehensively and systematically demonstrates the evolutionary process of information, information technology, the information industry, the information economy, and even the theory of the information economy. Combining theory and practice, it argues the significant role of the information economy in promoting economic development and social progress in the information society: whoever grasps modern information technology will master advanced productivity and gain competitiveness in both domestic and international markets. On this basis, the book also introduces the development strategies and goals of the information industry in major countries worldwide in the 21st century, as well as the strategic position and major role of China's information industry in the national economic development.