29 December 2016

News Story: China issues rules for cyberspace

CHINA’S top Internet regulator released a security strategy for cyberspace yesterday, advocating peace, security, openness, cooperation and order.

The government will guarantee cyberspace sovereignty and national security, protect information infrastructure and act against cyber terror and crimes, according to the 15-page strategy released by the Cyberspace Administration of China.

Rules and their imposition will be improved and international cooperation expanded, it says.

“Cyberspace sovereignty is an important part of state sovereignty,” it adds.

All countries should be respected in their Internet development and management, playing equal parts in a cyberspace governance without hegemony or double standards, according to the strategy.

It says that China will use whatever means necessary — scientific, technological, legal, diplomatic or military — to ensure cyberspace sovereignty and no attempt to use the Internet to undermine or overturn China’s national government or sabotage sovereignty will be tolerated.

Read the full story at ShanghaiDaily