Jointly sponsored by MOST, theCommission of Science Technology and Industry for National Defense, the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, the Informatization Office of the State Council and other related departments, the Summit Forum on Integrated Digitalization by Enterprises Groups in China will be convened in Beijing in late November 2007.

Currently, the preparations are going on smoothly. The Department of High and New Technology Development and Industrialization of MOST recently held a meeting for the sponsors of the Forum. Participants expressed their hope to work closely to complete the tasks so that the Forum would be held as planned.