CHINA: MICROSOFT CHAIRMAN BILL GATES HAS SIGNED AN ANTI-PIRACY AGREEMENT WITH THE SHENZHEN MUNCIPAL GOVERNMENT

Record ID: 452083

  • Title: CHINA: MICROSOFT CHAIRMAN BILL GATES HAS SIGNED AN ANTI-PIRACY AGREEMENT WITH THE SHENZHEN MUNCIPAL GOVERNMENT
  • Date: 10th March 1999
  • Summary: SHENZHEN, CHINA (MARCH 10, 1999) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. SV CHINESE SECURITY OUTSIDE ROOM 0.07 2. SV MICROSOFT CHAIRMAN BILL GATES WALKS INTO CONFERENCE ROOM 0.13 3. SLV SIGNING CEREMONY BETWEEN JULIET WU, GENERAL MANAGER OF MICROSOFT CHINA LIMITED AND LIU YINGLI, REPRESENTATIVE FOR SHENZHEN MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT 0.17 4. SV THE PAIR SIGN ANTI-PIRACY AGREEMENT/GATES LOOKING ON/HANDSHAKE (3 SHOTS) 0.33 5. SV/SLV STAGE/CHINESE BUSINESSMEN SHAKING HANDS WITH GATES (2 SHOTS) 0.53 6. CU PROJECTION READING "CHINA GOVERNMENT ONLINE" PAN TO GATES AT PODIUM/SV AUDIENCE (3 SHOTS) 1.06 7. MCU (English) GATES SAYING: "Instead of getting confused by the paperwork they need to do, they just go to an Internet site and organise their activities, whether it's import or export they will always be able to follow the regulations very easily because they are using the Internet." 1.25 8. SV AUDIENCE 1.30 9. SV GATES LEAVING 1.41 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 25th March 1999 12:00
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  • Location: SHENZHEN, CHINA
  • Country: China
  • Reuters ID: LVA4GBYL5UI7PGTIRU6DURFDQQVC
  • Story Text: Microsoft chairman Bill Gates has signed an anti-piracy
    agreement with the Shenzhen municipal government.

    Microsoft chairman Bill Gates was in the southern
    Chinese city of Shenzhen on Wednesday (March 10) to sign an
    anti-piracy agreement with the Shenzhen municipal government.

    Later in the day he was set to announce deals with a
    number of mainland companies, including a project to develop
    specially-equipped televisions and video compact disc players
    to tap into the World Wide Web.

    Gates said the anti-piracy agreement would help protect
    intellectual property rights in mainland China, where software
    piracy is widespread.

    Gates also unveiled a partnership with China Telecom and
    the Information Centre of the State Economic and Trade
    Commission to aid Chinese government institutions as they go
    online.

    He announced a new operating system designed to bring
    Internet access to Chinese homes at less than one-fifth the
    price of a personal computer.

    Microsoft's Venus operating system would allow Chinese
    electronics firms to combine a web browser, low-end personal
    computer and video compact disc player in a single box
    attached to a television for people who cannot afford a PC.

    Venus, a version of Microsoft's Windows CE and Web TV
    products tailored for the Chinese market, is expected to be
    ready for release by the second half of this year.


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