Zhen-Wei Qiang, ChristineBhavnani, AsheetaHanna, Nagy K.Kimura, KaoruSudan, Randeep2012-03-192012-04-042012-03-192012-04-042009-06-01978-0-8213-8018-5https://hdl.handle.net/10986/2649https://hdl.handle.net/10986/5934China's recent economic growth has expanded industrialization and urbanization, upgraded consumption, increased social mobility, and initiated a shift from an economy based on agriculture to one based on industry and services. Still more than half of China's people still live in rural areas where average income per capita is less than a third of the urban average, a gap that is among the largest in the world. Reducing these differences is critical to building a harmonious, inclusive society. This report draws from background research conducted by the advisory committee for state informatization, and attempts to provide an overview of China's rural information and communications technology (ICT) development primarily in the past 15 years. The report first describes the status of China's rural informatization infrastructure. It then reviews existing rural ICT initiatives in China and summarizes them by organizational models. International examples are included to draw lessons from. Finally, the challenges of rural informatization are examined, and policy recommendations identified to address them.CC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS CHARGESACCESS TO COMPUTERSACCESS TO INFORMATIONACCESS TO RADIOACCESS TO THE INTERNETADMINISTRATIVE COSTSADSLADVERTISEMENTSAGENTSAGRICULTURAL INFORMATION SERVICESAUCTIONBASICBEST PRACTICESBROADBANDBROADCASTBROADCASTINGBUSINESS DECISIONBUSINESS INTEGRITYBUSINESS MODELBUSINESS MODELSBUSINESS SERVICESBUSINESSESBUYERSCALL CENTERCAPABILITIESCAPACITY BUILDINGCAPITAL INVESTMENTCDICERTIFICATESCITIESCOLLABORATIONCOMMERCECOMMODITIESCOMMUNICATION SERVICECOMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIESCOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGYCOMMUNITIESCOMMUNITY ACCESSCOMPETITIVENESSCOMPUTER GRAPHICSCOMPUTER LITERACYCOMPUTER SKILLSCOMPUTER TERMINALSCOMPUTER TRAININGCOMPUTERIZATIONCOMPUTERSCOMPUTINGCONNECTIVITYCONTENT PROVIDERSCOORDINATION MECHANISMSCOPYINGCOPYRIGHTCUSTOMER SERVICEDECISION MAKINGDEMOCRACYDIGITALDIGITAL DIVIDEDIGITAL LIBRARIESDISTANCE EDUCATIONDISTANCE LEARNINGDOIDOMAINSDONATIONSE BUSINESSE GOVERNMENTE READINESSE-COMMERCEE-MAILECONOMIC COOPERATIONECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIES OF SCALEELECTRICITYEND USERENTERTAINMENTEQUIPMENTEXCHANGE OF GOODSFIBER OPTICSFINANCIAL INSTITUTIONSFINANCIAL PRODUCTSFINANCIAL RESOURCESFINANCIAL SERVICESFINANCIAL SUPPORTFOREIGN TRADEGENERAL PUBLICGEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMSGLOBAL KNOWLEDGEGOVERNMENT SERVICESGRAPHICSHARDWAREHELP DESKHOUSEHOLD ACCESSHUMAN CAPACITYICTINFORMATION DEPARTMENTINFORMATION GAPINFORMATION INDUSTRYINFORMATION INFRASTRUCTUREINFORMATION NETWORKINFORMATION SERVICEINFORMATION SERVICE PROVIDERSINFORMATION SERVICESINFORMATION SOCIETYINFORMATION SYSTEMINFORMATION SYSTEMSINFORMATION TECHNOLOGYINNOVATIONINSPECTIONINSTANT MESSAGINGINSTITUTIONINTERFACESINTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVENESSINTERNET ACCESSINTERNET DEVELOPMENTINTERNET PUBLIC ACCESSINTERNET SERVICESINTRANETSJOINT VENTUREKIOSKSLICENSESMARKET ECONOMYMARKET INFORMATIONMARKET OPPORTUNITIESMARKET SHAREMARKETINGMARKETPLACESMATERIALMOBILE TELEPHONYNETWORK INFRASTRUCTURENETWORK SERVICENETWORKINGNETWORKSNEW MARKETNEW TECHNOLOGIESONLINE BANKINGONLINE SALESPARTICIPATORY APPROACHPCPCSPERFORMANCE INDICATORSPERSONAL COMPUTERPERSONAL COMPUTERSPILOT PROJECTPILOT PROJECTSPPPSPRIVATE INFORMATIONPRIVATE INVESTMENTPRIVATE PARTNERSHIPPRIVATE PARTNERSHIPSPRIVATE SECTORPRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATIONPROCUREMENTPRODUCTIVITYPROGRAMSPUBLIC ACCESSPUBLIC ACCESS POINTSPUBLIC NETWORKQUALITY OF SERVICESQUERIESR&DRADIORADIO SPECTRUMRESEARCH CENTERSRESULTRESULTSRURAL ECONOMIESRURAL INFORMATION SERVICESSATELLITESATELLITE INTERNETSCANNERSSEARCHSERVICE DELIVERYSERVICE MODELSSERVICE PROVIDERSOCIAL DEVELOPMENTSOCIAL ENTERPRISESOCIAL SERVICESSOFTWARE SYSTEMSSOFTWARE UPGRADESSTANDARDIZATIONSTORE MANAGEMENTSUPPLY CHAINTARGETSTAXATIONTECHNICAL SUPPORTTECHNICAL TRAININGTECHNICIANSTECHNOLOGY ACCESSTECHNOLOGY PARKTELECENTERSTELECOMTELECOM CARRIERSTELECOM SERVICESTELECOMMUNICATIONTELECOMMUNICATION COMPANIESTELECOMMUNICATION SERVICESTELECOMMUNICATIONSTELECOMMUNICATIONS ACCESSTELECOMMUNICATIONS BUSINESSTELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANIESTELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORKSTELECOMMUNICATIONS OPERATORSTELECOMMUNICATIONS PROVIDERTELECOMMUNICATIONS PROVIDERSTELEMEDICINETELEPHONETELEPHONE SERVICESTELEPHONYTELEVISIONTELEVISIONSTRACEABILITYTRACKING SYSTEMTRAINING MATERIALSTRAINING PROGRAMSTRANSACTIONUNIVERSAL ACCESSUNIVERSAL ACCESS FUNDSUSERUSER FEEDBACKUSER PREFERENCESUSERSUSESVALUE CHAINVERTICAL INTEGRATIONWEBWEB PAGEWEB SITEWEB SITESWEBSITEWEBSITESWORD PROCESSINGWORKSTATIONSWorld Bank10.1596/978-0-8213-8018-5