China to create PC operating system to compete with Apple, Microsoft and Google

China plans to create a new operating system to compete with imported rivals such as Apple, Microsoft, and Google.

The New York Post reported that there had been some rifts between China and the US in the area of technology and the country was now looking to help its domestic industry catch up with imported systems such as Microsoft's Windows and Google's mobile operating system Android.

According to Ni Guangnan, leader of an official OS development alliance, the operating system would first appear on desktop devices and later extend to smartphone and other mobile devices.

Ni hopes to launch a Chinese-made desktop operating system by October supporting app stores. Though some  Chinese OS already existed, there was, however, a large gap between China's technology and that of developed countries, he added.

Ni said, the OS would be first seen on desktop devices and later expanded to smartphones and other mobile devices.

Ni told the People's Post and Telecommunications News that China had more than a dozen mobile OS developers with no independent intellectual property rights because their research was based on Android.

There were still problems in the programme, including a lack of research funds and too many developers pulling in different directions.

Ni said the end of Windows XP and the government ban on the procurement of Windows 8 had opened the door to domestic OS developers, according to the report.

He added, the key to success lay in an environment that could help China compete with Google, Apple and Microsoft.