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Jianggan Li is the Editorial Director of FutureGov, based in Beijing and running the editorial teams in Singapore, Makati and Delhi.
As the longest serving member of the team, Jianggan is a respected commentator on public sector modernisation in Asia Pacific - and has developed a particular speciality in healthcare transformation, as well as developments in North Asia.
Originally from Jiangsu province in China, Jianggan was a scholar in Computer Engineering at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University before joining the company.
He currently speaks English, Mandarin, Cantonese, French, Spanish, and enjoys reading Classical Chinese and Latin literature. He’s making steady progress on learning Sanskrit.
16 May 2012 | News
Singapore awards G-Cloud tender
The country’s Infocomm Development Authority has awarded the Government Cloud tender to Singtel for five years, with an option to extend for another five years.
11 May 2012 | News
Hospital in China automates outpatient process
Jiangwan Hospital, a medium-sized tertiary care provider in Shanghai’s Hongkou district, has launched ‘Outpatient Self-Service System’ to streamline the workflow and reduce the pressure on hospital staff.
9 May 2012 | News
Mobility in Hospitals: Engaging Key Stakeholders
At a recent FutureHealth breakfast dialogue, CIOs from Singapore’s public hospitals exchanged perspectives and experiences on the challenges, risks and benefits involved in enabling clinicians to bring their own devices.
9 May 2012 | News
Taskforce proposes to install mini-ATMs in Indian villages
A Task Force headed by Nandan Nilekani, Chairman of the Unique ID Authority of India, has submitted a report to the parliament in which it proposes to establish an interoperable network of one million Business Correspondents with micro-ATMS, covering the entire country for financial inclusion and electronic benefit transfer.
7 May 2012 | News
China starts issuing e-passports
The Ministry of Public Security announced that after three years of preparations, the authorities countrywide will start issuing electronic passports from May 15 onwards. China currently delivers 10 million passports every year.
2 May 2012 | News
Beijing opens joint command centre for Tiananmen Area
The municipal government of the Chinese Capital has commissioned a new Operations and Command Centre for the heart of the city, involving multiple agencies including District Management Committee, City Administration, Public Security, Public Utilities and Sanitation Management.
9 April 2012 | News
Asia continues to perform strongly in WEF ICT rankings
In the 2012 edition of World Economic Forum Networked Readiness Index rankings, Sweden tops the chart, followed closely by Singapore; and in the category for ‘government usage’, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan and Bahrain and US took the first five places, and Malaysia was ranked the 6th.
6 April 2012 | News
China unveils personal data protection guidelines
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology expects that the legislation process for a dedicated data protection law will start soon.
3 April 2012 | News
Beijing launches new city management app
Beijing Bureau of City Administration and Law Enforcement is also building a new command & control centre, and upgrading mobile data terminals for its 6000 law enforcement agents.
13 February 2012 | News
Shanghai extends immigration auto-clearance
Shanghai, China’ biggest city and one of the most vibrant, plans to extend its electronic immigration channels to residents of Taiwan by end of this year. The authorities are also overhauling IT and surveillance infrastructure of the city’s main international airport.
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