New Internet policy covers all sectors
By Zhu Shenshen |
April 21, 2011, Thursday
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CHINA will unveil a new Internet industry policy that seeks to strengthen online regulations in the country, the world's biggest Internet market with 420 million users by the end of last year, the regulator said yesterday.
The new policy will cover all sectors of the Internet and have relevant rules that can help resolve new problems and disputes like Qihoo 360's fight against Tencent QQ, said Zhang Feng, a senior official at the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
"The Internet is a rapidly growing and competitive industry, and it requires new regulations to cover new problems," Zhang said during an conference held in Beijing, which was broadcast online.
It will be the first nationwide policy covering all Internet sectors in China. At present, several policies cover separate sectors such as online games or website operations, industry insiders said.
There is a need for regulations to be updated because new Internet services have emerged in the domestic market, such as Weibo or microblog service and group purchase services, industry insiders said.
In November, Shenzhen-based Tencent announced that QQ, a tool used for chatting, would no longer operate on computers installed with software from Qihoo 360, which then launched a tool to block QQ plug-ins.
It was resolved by allowing both tools to co-exist on computers after the ministry intervened.
The new policy will cover all sectors of the Internet and have relevant rules that can help resolve new problems and disputes like Qihoo 360's fight against Tencent QQ, said Zhang Feng, a senior official at the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
"The Internet is a rapidly growing and competitive industry, and it requires new regulations to cover new problems," Zhang said during an conference held in Beijing, which was broadcast online.
It will be the first nationwide policy covering all Internet sectors in China. At present, several policies cover separate sectors such as online games or website operations, industry insiders said.
There is a need for regulations to be updated because new Internet services have emerged in the domestic market, such as Weibo or microblog service and group purchase services, industry insiders said.
In November, Shenzhen-based Tencent announced that QQ, a tool used for chatting, would no longer operate on computers installed with software from Qihoo 360, which then launched a tool to block QQ plug-ins.
It was resolved by allowing both tools to co-exist on computers after the ministry intervened.
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