Editing Science and technology in China (section)

== Standards ==
To encourage innovation and avoid foreign intellectual property China has been developing indigenous [[technical standard]]s. One example is the [[TD-SCDMA]] [[3G]] standard. Critics have seen it as costly and delaying 3G introduction while supporters argue that it has increased technical abilities and experience which has increased Chinese competitiveness regarding [[4G]].<ref name=Centra2011/> [[Long-Term Evolution Time-Division Duplex]] is being implemented as China's indigenous 4G standard.