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1、CommentsonChina’sDraftTelecomLawOnBehalfof:TheTelecommunicationsIndustryAssociation(TIA),theU.S.InformationTechnologyOffice(USITO),&theInformationTechnologyIndustryCouncil(ITI)FinalVersion,11/3/2009TIA,USITOandITIwelcomeChinamakingitsdraftTelecommunicationsLawavailableforpublicreviewandcomme

2、ntaspartofthejointU.S.-ChinaLegalExchange.WeapplaudandencourageChinatocontinuetomakethisandotherlawsandregulationsavailableforpubliccommentinthefuture.ActiveandrobustexchangeswithindustrywillhelpChinaensurethatpoliciesthatareadoptedwillachievemaximumdevelopmentandmarketimpact.Itisimportantto

3、notethatthereareanumberofongoinggovernment-ledbilateraldialogues,suchastheaforementionedlegalexchange,betweentheUnitedStatesandChinawhichmaycoverissuesrelatedtosomeoftheregulatoryprovisionsoutlinedinthedraftTelecomLaw.Werecommend,thatinareaswherethereareundeterminedoutcomesofbilateraldiscuss

4、ionanddebate,Chinaadoptaflexibleapproachandavoidcodifyingprovisionsthataresubjecttoongoingdiscussions.Chinahasundertakenanumberofimportantstepstofosterexpansionofitstelecommunicationssectorasitdevelopsadynamicandresilienteconomy.Initsdrafttelecommunicationslaw,Chinahasincorporatedsomeimporta

5、ntglobalregulatoryprinciplesandappliedthemtoChina’suniquecircumstancestoestablishthelegalframeworktoensurethehealthyandrobustdevelopmentofitstelecommunicationssector.ThecommentsbelowreflectindustrysuggestionsforChinatoconsiderasitseekstobuildandremaintheworld’slargesttelecommunicationsmarket

6、.CommentsareorganizedinorderoftheArticlesofthedrafttelecommunicationslaw.Chapter1-GeneralPrinciplesArticle2.ThisArticleaptlyrecognizesthetrendtowardconvergenceofdifferenttechnologiesandservicesofferedbytelecommunications,mediaandinformationservicessectors.However,itisdebatablewhetherornotiti

7、seffectiveorevenappropriatetosimplyapplythelawsandregulationsgoverningthetraditionalmediaandbroadcastingsectorstothevastarrayofnewconvergentmediaservicesthatareofferedovertelecommunicationsinfrastructures,includingtheInternet.Manyofthesenewservices