Since its founding in Washington, DC in late 1994, USITO has grown to become the leading policy-centered independent NGO focused on the ICT industry in China. USITO established its main office in Beijing in 1995, providing China ICT industry and policy research and analysis for a consortium of three founding parent US IT industry associations, namely the American Electronics Association (AeA, www.aeanet.org), the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA, www.siia.net), and the Telecom Industry Association (TIA, www.tiaonline.org). Since that time, USITO has prospered, and now also represents the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA, www.sia-online.org). USITO also represents about 50 individual US-based companies actively engaged in China drawn from across the spectrum from semiconductors, computing, networking and software to telecoms, broadcasting and digital content-in a word, anything related to the creation, distribution and consumption of things digital.

USITO acts as a catalyst, sparking new insights and approaches to address the many complex challenges facing our industry and the US-China economic relationship as a whole. USITO achieves this by providing effective channels for engagement between our members and government, academe and other industry groups on policy and regulation, as well as forward looking developmental modeling for the ICT industry. To this end, USITO supports four member-driven policy groups that focus on the key issues identified by policy framers in the US and China, namely Innovation and Competitiveness, Convergence and Digital Media, Sustainability, and Entrepreneurship. USITO also provides specialized research products as well as events and programs that serve to advance the work of its policy groups. USITO also works closely with other international policy and think tank organizations focused on overcoming obstacles and realizing the benefits to all of an open and dynamic Chinese ICT market place.

美国信息产业机构 (United States Information Technology Office，简称USITO)为独立的非盈利机构，在美国商务部的支持下，由美国电子协会、美国通信工业协会、美国软件与信息协会三家美国最主要的信息技术产业协会，于1994年在美国华盛顿联合组建。 之后，美国半导体协会(SIA)于1998年1月1日加盟USITO。

1995年10月18日，USITO在北京正式开设代表处。USITO北京代表处以促进中美两国在信息技术领域的政策交流、商务往来和技术合作为宗旨，积极鼓励和推动美国信息产业界参与中国的信息产业建设。

美国电子协会(AeA)是美国最大的高科技产业协会，代表着电子、计算机、通信设备、半导体、软件、电子元器件等领域三千七百多家企业。

美国通信工业协会(TIA)是美国全国性的行业协会，代表着一千多家美国通讯设备制造商的利益。

美国软件与信息协会(SIIA)是个人电脑软件业及金融软件业的主要商会，代表着一千多家软件出版商、软件开发商及软件服务公司。

美国半导体行业协会(SIA)是美国最重要的高科技工业协会之一代表美国85%半导体行业的产值。

依托美国五大信息技术产业协会，USITO致力于发展、加强与中国有关政府部门与信息产业界的广泛友好合作，促进中美两国在产业政策、技术、标准及法律法规等领域的深度交流与对话；同时协助美国信息通信行业了解中国有关政策法规，市场的发展动态与投资政策，组织贸易、技术代表团访问；举办或参与有关国际会议以及有针对性的专题研讨会等一系列活动，从而协助美国信息技术企业寻找在华的合作伙伴、贸易伙伴以及技术转让对象。

总之，USITO作为美国在华最有影响力的协会之一，将一如既往地致力于构建沟通中美信息通信行业政策及标准的桥梁，以期促进中美两国信息技术产业的共同繁荣与发展。