China has released its first homegrown open-source desktop operating system, named OpenKylin, state media said, as the country steps up efforts to cut reliance on U.S. technology.
Released on Wednesday, and based on the existing open-source Linux operating system, China's version was built by a community of about 4,000 developers, and is used in its space programme and industries such as finance and energy, they added.
It isn't quite like that, though, cause China did actually give universities and alike grants to further constructing a distro which is suited for needs of people not wanting to rely on commercial OS and also focus on usability for Chinese population. Which is not that hard, but a few UI/UX things are good. If I recall correctly it started with FreeBSD around 2000.
However I completely agree with you dunk and it is 100% correct.