Abbreviations

At the request of the publisher, this list omits commonly understood abbreviations from international relations (such as UN for the United Nations), common abbreviations from the field of information society policy (such as ICT for information and communications technology) and abbreviations that only occur within a couple of pages of first mention.

ACSI	Advisory Committee for State Informatization
APEC	Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
ASEAN	Association of Southeast Asian Nations
CAS	Chinese Academy of Sciences
CASS	Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
CCP	Chinese Communist Party
CERNET	China Education and Research Network
CMC	Central Military Commission
CNCERT	National Computer Network Emergency Response Technical Team Coordination Center
CNNIC	China Internet Network Information Center
CPLC	Central Political and Legal Commission
CPPCC	Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
CUST	China University of Science and Technology
FOI	freedom of information
ICANN	Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
IPR	intellectual property rights
IPv6	Internet Protocol version 6
ISP	internet service provider
ITU	International Telecommunication Union
IW	information warfare
KIP	Knowledge Innovation Programme
MEI	Ministry of Electronics Industry
MII	Ministry of Information Industry
MIIT	Ministry of Industry and Information Technology
MLP	Medium and Long-Term Development Plan for Science and Technology 2006–20
MPS	Ministry of Public Security
MSS	Ministry of State Security
NIP	National Informatization Plan
NPC	National People's Congress
NRI	Network Readiness Index
OGI	Open Government Initiative
PBoC	People's Bank of China
PLA	People's Liberation Army
PRC	People's Republic of China
PSC	Politburo Standing Committee
ROC	Republic of China
SCITO	State Council Informatization Office
SILG	State Informatization Leading Group
SIPO	State Intellectual Property Office
SOE	state-owned enterprise
WEF	World Economic Forum
WSIS	World Summit on the Information Society