TABLE OF CONTENTS -- -- -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR -- EDITORS' NOTE TO THE ORIGINAL CHINESE EDITION -- PREFACE (November 8, 2008) -- PART ONE -- DEVELOPMENT OF OUR COUNTRY'S IT INDUSTRY IN THE NEW PERIOD (October 28, 2008) -- PART TWO -- REPORT ON AN INSPECTION TOUR OF THE US AND CANADIAN ELECTRONICS INDUSTRIES (August 10, 1983) -- REVITALIZE OUR COUNTRY'S ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY (September 11, 1983) -- ACCELERATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY AND MEET THE CHALLENGES OF THE NEW TECHNOLOGICAL REVOLUTION (February 10, 1984) -- GRADUALLY EXPLORE A CHINESE STYLE DEVELOPMENT PATH FOR THE ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY (February 21, 1984) -- PROMOTE RAPID AND BALANCED DEVELOPMENT OF OUR COUNTRY'S ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY (March 1, 1984) -- FOREIGN TRADE IN THE ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY AND ITS DEVELOPMENT POLICY (August 20, 1984) -- ACCELERATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR COUNTRY'S COMPUTER INDUSTRY (September 5, 1984) -- REVITALIZE THE ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY AND PROMOTE THE FOUR MODERNIZATIONS (September 16, 1984) -- WRITE A NEW CHAPTER IN OUR COUNTRY'S COMPUTER INDUSTRY (December 1984) -- INITIATE A NEW PHASE IN THE ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY'S SERVICES FOR THE FOUR MODERNIZATIONS (January 28, 1985) -- APPENDIX I -- BASIC STRATEGY AND MEASURES FOR ACCELERATING THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR COUNTRY'S ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY (January 24, 1985) -- APPENDIX II -- IDEAS FOR THE REFORM OF THE ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY'S MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (January 24, 1985) -- SEVERAL ISSUES CONCERNING SHIFTING THE FOCUS OF SERVICES IN THE ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY AND REFORMING ITS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (February 4, 1985) -- CONSCIENTIOUSLY STUDY AND SOLVE PROBLEMS FACING THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR COUNTRY'S ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY (June 1, 1985) -- DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY ISSUES IN OUR COUNTRY'S ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY (June 5, 1985) -- NEW CHARACTERISTICS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE WORLD'S ELECTRONIC INFORMATION INDUSTRY AND STRATEGY ISSUES CONCERNING THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHINA'S ELECTRONIC INFORMATION INDUSTRY (May 26, 1989) -- COMPUTERIZE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT (June 1, 1993) -- SEIZING INFORMATION SUPERIORITY WILL BECOME A FOCUS IN WARFARE (December 14, 1996) -- CREATE A SET OF EFFECTIVE MECHANISMS TO DEVELOP NEW AND HIGH TECHNOLOGIES AND INDUSTRIES TO USE THEM (February 10, 1999) -- ACCELERATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR COUNTRY'S INFORMATION AND NETWORK TECHNOLOGIES (March 3, 2000) -- SPEECH AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE 16TH WORLD COMPUTER CONGRESS (August 21, 2000) -- STRIVE TO ACCOMPLISH THE TWO HISTORIC TASKS OF MECHANIZING AND INFORMATIONIZING OUR ARMY (December 11, 2000) -- PROMOTE THE RAPID AND SOUND DEVELOPMENT OF OUR COUNTRY'S INFORMATION NETWORKS (July 11, 2001) -- ACCELERATE OUR COUNTRY'S INFORMATIONIZATION (August 25, 2001) -- USE INFORMATIONIZATION TO DRIVE INDUSTRIALIZATION AND USE INDUSTRIALIZATION TO PROMOTE INFORMATIONIZATION (November 8, 2002) -- INFORMATIONIZE THE ARMY (December 27, 2002) -- STRIVE TO SEIZE THE TECHNOLOGICAL INITIATIVE IN THE MICROELECTRONICS, SOFTWARE AND COMPUTER INDUSTRIES (December 10, 2006).