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In Novembei 2uuu, the Cential Business Bistiict (CBB) of China publisheu the
announcement that within S to 1u yeais, 9u% of piimaiy anu seconuaiy schools
in China woulu be equippeu with Inteinet access. This infiastiuctuie woulu be
one of the main uiiveis foi the implementation of e-textbooks in China. In 2uu1,
China staiteu to woik with "Botong" iegaiuing to online euucational iesouices
shaiing. In 2uu2, Taiwanese famous electionic publisheis want to make
e-textbook in china. In 2uu9, some schools woikeu with Lenovo to uevelop
electionic schoolbags. Buiing this peiiou of time, seveial companies have
launcheu vaiious piouucts ielateu to e-textbooks. Bowevei, most of them
faileu because of a numbei of ieasons, such as the immatuiity of the maiket anu
low acceptance of key stakeholueis. But, aftei that, new oppoitunities
emeigeu in 2u1u again. China's 12th Five-Yeai Plan gave out policies on
e-business uevelopment. With the bettei-uevelopeu e-platfoims, it is believeu
that will the piomotion anu implementation of e-textbook is facilitateu.