Analysis: China hones naval defence systems
Chinese companies have honed their maritime and naval defence systems via experience gained from their land reclamation efforts and base building in the South China Sea.
In September 2013 the CETC Ocean Information Technology Company (COI) was created as a new endeavour by the state-controlled China Electronics Technology Group Corporation (CETC) to develop marine information technology.
In March 2014 COI further expanded its development in the area with a strategic cooperation framework agreement with state-controlled China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), with the goal of collaborating in the development of naval vessel equipment and combining industrialisation and ‘informationisation’ to extend
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