According to a new regulation issued by the Procurement Center of the State Council earlier this month, ministries of the Chinese government are required to use office software made in China, Sunday’sBeijing Youth Daily reported.

Last Friday, fifteen ministries, including the Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of State Security, began software upgrading procedures and became the first users of the newest edition of WPS office software, a program suite developed and made by Beijing-Based Kingsoft Company.

The government started to encourage use of domestically-produced software last year in a bid to support China’s software sector and better protect state information. At present, the Chinese market is dominated by Microsoft’s Office software.

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