Taiwan, China can work on e-books: MOEA

In a speech on the first day of the two-day Cross-Strait Forum on Industrial Standards in the Information Industry, Huang Jung-chiou, vice minister of Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) pointed out the complementary nature of the IT industries on both sides of the strait.

If Taiwan and China can seize on such advantage with a common industrial standard, Huang said, the IT sectors of the two economies can enhance their global competitiveness.

Huang saw e-books and electric automobiles as the possible areas for cross-strait cooperation.

Taiwan currently supplies key electric car components such as lithium batteries, motor and computer systems to international companies. China, on the other hand, boosts a huge market and has its own electric car companies, he said.

Huang also suggested that with a common standard, not only in terms of developing standardized hardware supply chains and specs for software but more importantly in creating a robust platform for digital contents, cross-strait e-book industries could grab a substantial share in the global market.

Lou Qinjian, vice minister of China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said China is a big market which many countries are eager to explore, and that any nation that limits its businessmen from doing business in China would hamper their own chances of thriving in that market.

“The government should leave it to the individual businesses to determine whether to tap into the Chinese market,” Lou said in regards to Taiwan mulling the relaxation of restrictions on its hi-tech industry to invest in China.

On China's part, Lou said its responsibility is to create a business environment favorable to investors.

Lou said China will seek Taiwan's cooperation on TD-SCDMA (time division synchronous code division multiple access), flat panel displays, IPTV (Internet protocol television), and green power.

Citing TD-SCDMA as an example, Lou said the market needs this technology very much but there are few applications for the technology, and cooperation between Taiwan and China could accelerate the integration of the production chain and meet this need.

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