China to put more efforts into mobile OS   

工信部官员：重点突破智能手机操作系统

中国工业和信息化部官员30日披露未来三到五年中国软件业的发展重点，其中智能手机操作系统和智能语音都是着力点。

Beijing (CNS) -- China will put more efforts into developing operating systems and smart voice techniques for smart phones in the next three to five years, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT).

Chen Wei, director of the Software Service Department under MIIT, said at the 17th China International Software Expo that China will work harder to make breakthroughs in mobile phone operating systems to build its own industrial system.

Software related to cloud computing has increased by 118 percent in the past year, a sign of a bright future for the country's software sector, Chen said.

The race to achieve the best smartphone operating system continues, as Apple's IOS, Google's Android and Microsoft's WP are all competing for consumers, he added.