China's Internet user number reaches 477m
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May 17, 2011, Tuesday
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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.
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