China to Purge State of Non-Chinese Tech in Effort to Be More Inclusive

(Bloomberg) — The Chinese government has ordered state offices and public institutions to remove foreign computer equipment and software within three years, the Financial Times reported.

The move is part of a broader effort to decrease China’s reliance on foreign technologies and boost its domestic industry. The goal is to substitute 30% of the technology next year, 50% in 2021 and 20% in 2022, the newspaper reported, citing estimates from analysts at the brokerage China Securities.

The government under President Xi Jinping has been trying for years to replace technologies from abroad,…