India aims for single window clearance for IT firms in China

Eyeing a big foothold in China's booming IT services industry, India aims to press Beijing for working out a "single window clearance" concept to enable Indian IT companies to enter the Communist giant's market.
"Hopefully we are able to negotiate a single window" concept to enable IT companies to enter the Chinese markets, A K Garg, Additional Director of the Department of Electronics in the Indian Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, said.
India will keep pressing for a single window so that the Indian IT firms which are struggling to gain a foothold can enter Chinese markets, Garg who was part of the 60 member Indian services delegation who came here to take part in the 3rd China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) in Beijing told PTI.

"We need access to their markets and need to update our industry how to handle their regulatory and licensing issues to enter this market.
This is what we want to address so that our industries get a foothold into this market", Garg, who also took part in India-China round table meeting on May 29 said on the sidelines of the Fair.
He said the Chinese market is huge with estimates of USD 50 billion to a trillion USD.

There is need for Indian industry to understand Chinese regulatory system to gain entry.
He said MoU signed between the two countries in last March during Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED), headed by the then Planning Commission Chairman, Montek Singh Ahluwalia will come in handy to further the IT cooperation between the two countries.

The MoU is a big step forward as China came forward and acknowledged the need to engage with Indian IT industry, Garg said adding that Indian IT companies too should pro-actively engage Chinese markets.
India highlights the entry of Indian IT firms into Chinese markets as an important step by China to address the over USD 35 billion trade gap between the two countries.