ICT policy for the “socialist new countryside”—A case study of rural informatization in Guangdong, China

Sustainability of rural informatization programs in developing countries: A case study of China׳s Sichuan province

“…A few studies have assessed China's recent "Information to the Countryside" program initiated in 2009, which required state-owned telecommunications carriers to integrate traditional "access" and value-added "applications" into a single package in rural areas, and found that although certain noticeable achievements have been made in terms of the increased numbers of rural government websites, rural information stations, and agriculture-related websites, this nationwide informatization program was fragmented under a powerful ideological influence that has led to unclear institutional arrangements and regulatory confusion (Hanna et al, 2009;Xia, 2010). Two separate case studies conducted at the provincial level revealed similar problematic issues, such as a lack of vision, coherent strategy, accountability, and a sustainable business model (Liu, 2012;Ting & Yi, 2012).…”

“…Previous studies have identified some important macro-level institutional flaws of China's rural informatization programs, such as interdepartmental rivalry, a lack of a coherent strategy, a lack of accountability and credible measurements, and central and local planning gaps (Liu, 2012;Ting & Yi, 2012;Xia, 2010).…”

“…There have been a few studies focusing on the institutional design of China's informatization programs (Hanna, Qiang, Bhavnani, Kimura, & Sudan, 2009;Liu, 2012;Ting & Yi, 2012;Xia, 2010). However, due to the relatively short history and the general lack of familiarity with operational details of China's rural informatization programs, research on this subject is still very limited and, particularly, the existing studies seem to have limited strength in assessing the sustainability of those programs.…”

E-Political Socialization, the Press and Politics

“…It constructed the Internet infrastructure to develop their e-government and used the Internet to improve its transparency and responsibility, to boost economic growth, to accelerate the construction of New Countryside, (Ting and Yi, 2012) and to consolidate CPC's leadership (Kalathil and Boas, 2003;Kluver and Qiu, 2003;Shie, 2004;Zheng and Wu, 2005;Bertot, et al 2010). As far as social structure is concerned, the demographic "digital divide" (between rural and urban China and among regions) reduced the possibility of e-democracy and might exacerbate existing social conflict (Hartford, 2000).…”

Research and Analysis for Development Status of Rural Informatization in China

“…And until late 2010, the index of rural informatization has been 0.35 increasing by one time compared with 0.19 in 2005. Within the period of 11th Five Year Plan, the project of "Communication with Every Village" realizes the leap from telephone to informatization, which not only has impact on increasing farmers' income, promoting rural social undertaking development and enriching farmers' cultural life, but also provides rural informatization construction of infrastructure [3] .…”