The necessary regulatory steps and framework to make it possible

International investors looking to take advantage of China’s vast telecoms market are faced with a multitude of regulatory restrictions.

The opening up of telecommunications value-added services within the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone (CSPFTZ) is an important development for foreign companies.

After two year’s speculation from industry and the public, the world’s largest communications market initiated the commercial deployment of 4G networks late last year.

Despite the rapid catch-up process that is being fostered by the 12th Five-Year Plan and other influential policy documents, the technical innovation capacity of the Chinese information communications technology (ICT) industry is still weak.

A look at the opportunities and challenges China’s economic transformation is creating for the development of the ICT market.

Coinciding with Europe Day on 9th May, the European Chamber of Commerce in China hosted its inaugural annual conference, attended by distinguished guests and featuring a diverse collection of expert panellists from government, industry and academia.