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TOKYO, Sept 19 (Reuters) - The Chinese government plans order foreign manufacturers to reveal information about their digital products, a Japanese newspaper reported on Friday.
It will introduce rules requiring foreign firms to disclose secret information about digital household appliances and other products from May next year, the Yomiuri Shimbun said, citing unnamed sources.
If a company refuses to disclose information, China would ban it from exporting the product to the Chinese market or producing or selling it in China, the paper said.
The system, called "obligatory accreditation system for IT security products", would target products such as IC cards, digital copiers, computer servers and possibly flat-TVs, it said.
It would pose a threat of the intellectual property of foreign companies being passed to Chinese competitors and coding technology being leaked, and could result in serious international trade disputes, the paper said.
(Reporting by Sachi Izumi) . ng
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