The One Behind It All Chapter 25

Beginning in the 1980s, in just 20 years, my country's communications market has entered a stage of great development, and has established the world's second largest communications network that connects the country and the world, with a development speed of "thousands of miles per day."

However, the entire country, from the rural telephone network to the national backbone telephone network, uses equipment imported from abroad. They are 8 different models from 7 countries. The "seven countries and eight systems" popular in the early days of the communications industry are This is where the saying comes from. It is said that in Beijing, almost all 8 models can be found.

Multiple standards have caused complexity in interconnection and poor call quality. In addition, one of the biggest features of these products is their high price: the price of European and American manufacturers is generally 300 to 400 US dollars per line, and the price of Japanese manufacturers, although cheap, is more than 180 US dollars.

Foreign brands are flooding the Chinese communications market, and the Chinese have no independent core technology. This is not only related to the country's honor, but also related to the country's economic security. In order to reverse this passive situation, the government began to pay attention to developing its own brands and encouraging the rise of national industries. Taking the opportunity of developing Wanmenji, Julong Information Technology Co., Ltd. was established in 1995. With the establishment of Datang, ZTE, Huawei, and Julong, for a time, "Great China" was galloping north and south.

It is said that the term "Great China" was coined by Wu Jichuan, the former Minister of Information Industry. It just so happened that the top companies in the communications manufacturing field at that time - Julong, Datang, ZTE, and Huawei - the first word together happened to be "Great China". Later, this term spread, and leaders and media often spoke of "Great China" to represent the rise of the national communications industry.