W3C China Office opens in Beijing

BEIJING, May 4 (Xinhua) — The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has launched its China Office in Beijing for the purpose of inviting experts in China to join the international project of developing Web standards at W3C.

    The office is based at the School of Computer Science and Engineering of the Beijing Aeronautics and Astronautics University, where an opening ceremony for the China Office was held on April 27-28.

    By opening its China Office in Beijing, W3C actively encourages the Chinese industrial and academic communities in the development of Web standards, W3C announced at its website.

    The W3C China Office is also expected to offer support to innovations of Chinese IT enterprises and internationalization of home-developed IT technologies, said Hu Jinpeng, vice-president ofthe Beijing Aeronautics and Astronautics University, who is also manager of the W3C China Office