While analysing the development conditions of China's fast growing information resource industry (IRI), this book clearly defines the implications and strategic value of the industry, summarizes basic IRI theories, and clarifies the history of its development and special regional characteristics within the Chinese context.

Feng Huiling is Professor of the School of Information Resource Management at Renmin University of China and specializes in information resource management, archival science, electronic document management, and digital memory.
Zhao Guojun is Professor of the School of Information Resource Management at Renmin University of China and specializes in e-government affairs and information resource industry policies.
Qian Minghui is Associate Professor of the School of Information Resource Management at Renmin University of China and specializes in information resource industry and management.

List of figures. List of tables. Foreword I. Foreword II. Preface Chapter I Information Resource Industry and Its Strategic Value Chapter II Basic Theories on Development of Information Resource Industry Chapter III Development Trajectory of China's Information Resource Industry Chapter IV Supply-Demand Relation of China's Information Resource Industry Chapter V Structure Features of China's Information Resource Industry Chapter VI Regional Features of China's Information Resource Industry Chapter VII Evaluation on the Development of China's Information Resource Industry Afterword. References. Index