Information Industry E-Century Building Foundation

Author: Piao Xiaojin
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: With the chimes of the 21st century, humanity has moved from the atomic age to the bit age. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, a series of groundbreaking scientific discoveries—such as electronics, nuclear physics, radioactivity, and blackbody radiation—spurred Planck's quantum theory, Einstein's theory of relativity, and the mass-energy equivalence formula, propelling humanity into the atomic age. Terms like X-ray imaging, nuclear power plants, nuclear submarines, and atomic bombs have become everyday vocabulary for the general public. After a brief period of wonder, people began to calmly enjoy atomic civilization while cautiously discussing atomic disasters. However, just as people were beginning to grasp the essence of the atomic revolution, another even more rapid revolution—the information revolution—was quietly unfolding. This book covers the following topics:
Information Industry: Formation and Development;
Information Technology Industry: The Foundation of the Information Industry;
Information Service Industry: The Core of the Information Industry;
Information Dissemination Industry: The Conduit System of the Information Industry;
Information Consulting Industry: The Modern Industry of Seeking Objective Conclusions;
Information Management Industry: The Management System of the Information Industry;
Information Market: A Flourishing New Market;
The Guardian of the Information Industry: Information Policy and Law;
A Long Road Ahead: Prospects for China's Information Industry.