Chinese president at helm of affairs in internet security body
1 March 2014 5:32 AM IST
Since coming to power, Xi has presided over an intensifying online crackdown that has drawn criticism from rights groups and dissidents at home and abroad.
China has also faced growing accusations of carrying out state-sponsored hacking attacks around the world, charges the government strongly denies.
Among the security body’s aims would be to coordinate Internet security among different sectors, and to draft national strategies, development plans and major policies, Xi was quoted as saying by Xinhua.
‘Efforts should be made to build our country into a cyber power,’ he said, adding that without Internet security, there was no national security.
Last year a secretive Chinese military unit believed to be behind a series of hacking attacks was brought to light by a US security group, and in December another security firm said Chinese hackers had spied on European foreign ministries before a G20 meeting.
Xi also said that working on public opinion online was a long-term responsibility, and the Internet could be used to ‘spread discipline’.
Laws would be drawn up to ‘perfect Internet information content management’, to help manage cyberspace and protect people’s legal rights, he said.
China has also faced growing accusations of carrying out state-sponsored hacking attacks around the world, charges the government strongly denies.
Among the security body’s aims would be to coordinate Internet security among different sectors, and to draft national strategies, development plans and major policies, Xi was quoted as saying by Xinhua.
‘Efforts should be made to build our country into a cyber power,’ he said, adding that without Internet security, there was no national security.
Last year a secretive Chinese military unit believed to be behind a series of hacking attacks was brought to light by a US security group, and in December another security firm said Chinese hackers had spied on European foreign ministries before a G20 meeting.
Xi also said that working on public opinion online was a long-term responsibility, and the Internet could be used to ‘spread discipline’.
Laws would be drawn up to ‘perfect Internet information content management’, to help manage cyberspace and protect people’s legal rights, he said.
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