China vows government offices will use legal software

China is introducing programs to ensure the country's local governments, from provincial down to county and municipal levels, are all using legal software, a top Chinese official said during a meeting with visiting U.S. officials.

The U.S. Commerce Department released a summary of the meeting between the U.S. and Chinese government officials, including Vice Premier Wang Qishan who leads the country's intellectual property rights enforcement. China continues to take measures to push all levels of Chinese government to use copyrighted software, Wang is reported to have said at the meeting. China's provincial governments will complete a program to move to legal software by mid-2012, while municipal and county governments will complete the program by 2013.