China-USITO, Beijing Office

United States Information Technology Office (USITO)

The United States Information Technology Office (USITO) in Beijing, China, was established with the primary goal of assisting innovative U.S. high-tech companies to access and further open the world's largest single emerging market for information and telecommunications technology (ITC)-related products and services. Since the electronics, software, computer hardware, network and telecommunications industries have been designated priority areas for development in China's ambitious modernization program, USITO is committed to increasing the market share of U.S. companies in China's burgeoning IT sector.

USITO promotes trade and cooperation between the IT industries of the United States and China. USITO strives to make China's IT market more accessible to U.S. companies by providing market development assistance and information on government policy, regulations and trends in key IT markets. USITO serves as a locus for policy coordination and advocacy projects in addition to its daily market development efforts, which include locating joint venture partners and distributors, organizing industry roundtables and trade missions, and facilitating business opportunities. USITO also works to foster an improved intellectual property rights environment in China.

Founded in 1994 and currently supported by TIA, the American Electronics Association, the Computer Systems Policy Project, the Information Technology Industry Council, the Semiconductor Industry Association, and the Software and Information Industries Association, USITO serves as the voice for the U.S. ITC industry in the People's Republic of China.