The IHEP now has about 80 Internet nodes, and several other institutions in China have established connections with IHEP via 64k dedicated lines or UUCP to link with Internet. It is proposed to establish Internet connectivity between the three Chinese Libraries and ANU library which will provide hardware and software and personnel technical training for the three Chinese libraries. An Australian Electronic Information Center will be set up at the NLC, which will act as a platform for the dissemination of information about Australia whilst also serving as a gateway for Australian access to the resource of the NLC and ultimately through it to other sites in China. This project is hopefully to get the support from Australian government. All these international exchanges and cooperation have greatly accelerated the process of library networking in China.
China is a developing country.
It will do its best to develop its library networking, and it also needs help from developed countries in advanced technology, equipments as well as investments. Worldwide information resource-sharing is a common cause of all nations of the world. We wish that, on the basis of mutual benefit, developed countries have the commitment to help developing countries in library networking. It is the conference organizer and all the participants that made contributions to establish such a wonderful forum. I hope that it will continue and all the participants will make further contributions to push forward the library networking in the Pacific Rim region.