The Chinese government is set to require overseas manufacturers of multifunctional office equipment to design and manufacture such products in China, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned. Devices such as printers, scanners and other products that fail to meet the requirements are likely to be excluded from submitting tenders to central and local governments and public companies.
There is strong concern within the Japanese government and corporate circles that the new regulation could be a "de facto forced transfer of technology" that could result in key technologies being leaked to the Chinese side.
