Liu: The state should increase the support of communication industry to prevent its marginalization

September 17 News, China Communications Enterprise Association president Liu in China's Communications Industry Development Forum, said the state should be in the development of planning, policy, supervision and other aspects of strengthening the development of support for communications industry, to prevent its marginalization. "Our country has become a communications power, but, faced with the challenge of technology transformation to the information center, there is still a big gap between the telecommunications power, for the state structure, the overall situation of the transfer mode, we can not fully adapt to communication."　　Liu said.　　He stressed that communication is the basic industry of national economy, leading industry, strategic industry, information and communication technology because of its general technology, infrastructure, the characteristics of the pilot industry in the transformation of the development mode to become the multiplier of economic growth, the development of the way of the converter, the promotion of industry booster. "The idea that communication is a development problem, or that communication is merely a network transmission department, is one-sided, demeaning, and even marginalized."　　Liu pointed out the wrong tendencies. Liu at the meeting, for example, the U.S. National Broadband Program, the British Digital UK program, Singapore's smart Country plan, from the EU powers to Asia, without exception to the information technology as a long-term strategy for national development, policy, financial support. The World Bank's analysis of 120 countries shows that 10% per cent growth in broadband services leads to 1.3% growth. Therefore, he suggested that the relevant departments of the State should further strengthen the support from the aspects of development planning, industrial policy and supervision system, and the society should strive to create a good environment for the development of communication industry. (Zong)