There is some good news for China's homegrown operating system (OS): a desktop version may be ready in October. According to Ni Guangnan of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, this system will be first applied on desktop devices and later expanded to smart phones and other mobile devices. Despite that, there are still many problems in the program, including a lack of research funds and too many developers pulling in different directions, Ni believes in the future development of OS. The reason of its succeed has been the end of Windows XP and the government ban on the procurement of Windows 8, they have opened the door to domestic OS developers, creating an environment that can compete with Google, Apple and Microsoft. The gLAWcal Team LIBEAC project Monday, 25 August 2014 (Source: Intellectual Property Protection In China) This news has been realized by gLAWcal—Global Law Initiatives for Sustainable Development in collaboration with the University Institute of European Studies (IUSE) in Turin, Italy and the University of Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy which are both beneficiaries of the European Union Research Executive Agency IRSES Project “Liberalism in Between Europe And China” (LIBEAC) coordinated by Aix-Marseille University (CEPERC). This work has been realized in the framework of Workpackages 4, coordinated by University Institute of European Studies (IUSE) in Turin, Italy.