China has introduced new guidelines aimed at gradually replacing US processors and software with domestic alternatives in its government computers and servers.
The rules, which were unveiled on December 26 and are now being enforced, signal a significant shift away from reliance on overseas technologies.
According to the Financial Times, the guidelines mandate that government agencies above the township level include criteria requiring “safe and reliable” processors and operating systems when making purchases. This means that CPUs from American companies like Intel and AMD, as well as Microsoft Windows and foreign-made database software, will be replaced with homegrown options.
