At a news briefing Thursday, hosted jointly by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade and the China Association for Science and Technology, organizers said the e-Government China 2002 Expo will be held from November 9 to 13 in Beijing.

Comprising exhibitions, forums and other related activities, the scheduled expo will introduce the latest technology, new products and offer solutions to problems in e-infrastructure, and the application and security of the technology, organizers said.

The exhibition is expected to cover new e-Government technology applications, e-Government information security and e-Government infrastructure. The forums are to discuss the outlook and strategies and application to China's development, targeting government officials, consultants and corporate delegates. The main activities include a special e-Government seminar, and e-Government high-level round-table meetings, they said.

The organizers also said many well known IT businesses are enthusiastic about participating in the expo. Local government staff in Beijing and Shanghai have expressed their interest in the expo, which has an official website at www.egovchina.org.

E-Government is a combination of technological and administrative innovation, the development of which will mean drastic reforms in government administration and will add to the prosperity of information technology and relevant industries in China, the experts said.

(Xinhua News Agency August 9, 2002)