China's Internet user number reaches 477m
Source: Xinhua |
May 17, 2011, Tuesday
|
Print Edition
Print Edition
THE number of Internet users in China reached 477 million at the end of March, while websites registered with the authorities climbed to 3.82 million, a senior telecommunication official said on Monday.
Wang Jianwen, deputy head of the Telecommunications Administration Bureau under the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, announced the figures while addressing a meeting on creating a healthy online environment.
Noting that the rapid development of the Internet has been shaping social relations, the economy, and culture, Wang warned that surging online fraud, pornography and illegal publicity is disrupting online communications and the market economy in China.
According to officials, illegal publicity is when companies or individuals recruit "Internet mercenaries" to engage in improper competition against rivals.
This can take the form of fabricating or distorting facts that can lead to blackmail, and seeking to reap profits by sensationalizing issues.
Representatives from 140 major Chinese websites signed a self-discipline pact at the meeting, in which they pledged never to organize or take part in any form of illegal publicity on the Internet.
Websites that signed the pact included web portals Sohu.com, Netease.com, Sina.com and qq.com, leading Chinese language search engine Baidu.com, and video-sharing Youku.com.
China launched a two-month campaign in April to crack down on illegal publicity activities on the Internet.
Wang Jianwen, deputy head of the Telecommunications Administration Bureau under the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, announced the figures while addressing a meeting on creating a healthy online environment.
Noting that the rapid development of the Internet has been shaping social relations, the economy, and culture, Wang warned that surging online fraud, pornography and illegal publicity is disrupting online communications and the market economy in China.
According to officials, illegal publicity is when companies or individuals recruit "Internet mercenaries" to engage in improper competition against rivals.
This can take the form of fabricating or distorting facts that can lead to blackmail, and seeking to reap profits by sensationalizing issues.
Representatives from 140 major Chinese websites signed a self-discipline pact at the meeting, in which they pledged never to organize or take part in any form of illegal publicity on the Internet.
Websites that signed the pact included web portals Sohu.com, Netease.com, Sina.com and qq.com, leading Chinese language search engine Baidu.com, and video-sharing Youku.com.
China launched a two-month campaign in April to crack down on illegal publicity activities on the Internet.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 沪ICP证：沪ICP备05050403号-1
- |
- 互联网新闻信息服务许可证：31120180004
- |
- 网络视听许可证：0909346
- |
- 广播电视节目制作许可证：沪字第354号
- |
- 增值电信业务经营许可证：沪B2-20120012
Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
