Table of Contents
List of Tables and Figures viii
Preface ix
1 Introduction 1
Emerging ICT superpower in the world 1
Cooperation focus between the Western world and China 3
Role of the ICT industry in the national economy 4
China for 2010 and beyond 6
Significance for study 7
Aims and objectives 11
Summary 12
2 Pragmatic Development of the ICT Industry 13
Introduction 13
China National Information Infrastructure (CNII) 15
The rise of the telecommunication service industry 17
Ever-changing service industry structure 19
Dealing with the digital divide 21
The equipment manufacturing sector 22
Building the domestic handset industry 26
The survival of the software industry 27
The semiconductor industry 31
Next e-commerce giant? 33
Business to Consumer (B2C) 35
Business to Business (B2B) 35
The future 36
The future model 36
Summary 37
3 Institutional and Regulatory Environments in ICT Sectors 39
Relative roles and policy framework 39
Western experiences 41
Transformation in major developing countries 42
Regulatory structure and main regulators 43
Policy intervention in IP telephone diffusion 47
SARFT: an important center 51
A case of regulatory conflict: IPTV in China 52
The context of WTO entry 55
Judicial institutions 58
Comparison study with Indian 59
Discussion 60
Summary 62
4 A Wireless China 65
A miracle story? 65
Standardization and the technology of different generations 66
The evolution of China's mobile telecom industry 68
Indigenous innovation: China's 3G standardization 74
PHS and WLAN 81
A future wireless China? 86
5 The Rise of Indigenous Firms: Emerging Global Stars 89
Introduction 89
Huawei 91
Lenovo 99
TCL 102
Spreadtrum: semiconductor star 104
SINA.com 108
Alibaba: e-commerce pioneer 115
Summary 119
6 MNCs: Competitors or Partners? 121
Attractiveness of China 121
China strategy of MNCs 123
Operation in China: flourishing manufacturing 124
Operation in China: silent service 126
Beyond manufacturing 128
Embedding in China's innovation system 130
Some remaining challenges 131
Ericsson's Chinese journey 133
Nokia in China 135
IPR issues 137
Future implications for MNCs 137
Summary 139
7 From Imitation to Innovation: Future Trends 141
Introduction 141
What is technology? 143
Explicit knowledge and tacit knowledge 145
Appropriateness and effectiveness of technology transfer 146
From imitation to innovation 148
A technology superpower through indigenous innovation? 151
Setting the scene: indigenous innovation 154
Establishing international competitiveness through innovation 157
Creating competitiveness in the ICT sector 158
The debate on China' technology strategy 160
The catching-up process in the telecom sector 165
Strategically integrating new product development (NPD) activites 169
Attempts to link technology and business strategy 171
Capturing high-end value from emerging technology 172
Ambition for 2020 and beyond 176
Challenges 177
Summary 177
8 The Road Ahead 179
Introduction 179
Reconsidering the role of government 180
Universal service 182
Leveraging e-commerce for national competitiveness 183
Local players or global stars? 184
Continues innovation with Chinese characteristics 185
Approaching the frontiers of technology and business 187
Bibliography 189
Index 199
