First Version of Windows 10 for Chinese Government Use Ready for Sale, CETC Says
March 21 2017 - 6:43AM
Dow Jones News
By Eva Dou
BEIJING--Microsoft Corp.'s (MSFT) Chinese joint-venture has
finished development of its first version of Windows 10 customized
for Chinese government use, the company said Tuesday.
The government version of the software reopens the large Chinese
state sector market to Microsoft, after China dropped the company's
newer products from government procurement lists following
disclosures by former U.S. National Security Agency contractor
Edward Snowden about U.S. surveillance.
The software still needs to go through Chinese government review
before it can be relisted on government procurement lists.
The Chinese government version of Windows 10 was developed by a
joint venture between Microsoft and Chinese state-owned company
China Electronics Technology Group. The joint venture, controlled
by CETC, was announced in 2015.
CETC is a Chinese state-owned company that develops technology
for Chinese military and civilian use.
--Yang Jie in Beijing contributed to this story.
Write to Eva Dou at eva.dou@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
March 21, 2017 06:28 ET (10:28 GMT)
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