Editing Free software movement (section)

==== China ====
In June 1997, the Society for Study, Application, and Development of Free Software was established under the [[China Software Industry Association]] in Beijing. Through this organization, the website freesoft.cei.gov.cn was developed, though the website is currently inaccessible on IP addresses located in the United States. The use of open-source software [[Linux]] in China has moved beyond government and educational institutions and has extended to other organizations such as financial institutions, telecommunications, and public security. Several Chinese researchers and scholars have claimed that the existence of FOSS in China has been important in challenging the presence of [[Microsoft]], which Guangnan Ni, a member of the [[Chinese Academy of Engineering]] stated, "The monopoly of (Microsoft Windows) is even more powerful in China than other places in the world".<ref name="auto">{{Cite journal |title=Against Intellectual Monopoly: Free Software in China |jstor=41917739 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41917739 |url-status=live |last1=Zhou |first1=Yi |journal=World Review of Political Economy |year=2011 |volume=2 |issue=2 |pages=290–306 |access-date=2023-04-07 |archive-date=2023-04-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407192053/https://www.jstor.org/stable/41917739 }}</ref> Yi Zhou, a professor of mathematics at [[Fudan University]], has also alleged that, "Government procurement of FLOSS for a number of years in China has compelled Microsoft to cut its prices of Office software substantially" <ref name="auto"/>