China is stepping up its crackdown on cybercrimes and Internet terrorism, calling formore international cooperation under a universal standard.
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday said there should be no double standard insafeguarding cyber security.
"We cannot just have security for one or some countries, leaving the rest insecure. [No onecountry should] seek so-called 'absolute security' for itself at the expense of the security ofothers," Xi said in a keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the World InternetConference in Wuzhen, East China's Zhejiang Province.
Xi said that a secure, stable and prosperous cyberspace was crucial for all countries,especially with the threat of war, terrorism and other crimes. Cyberspace, he said, shouldnot be turned into a battleground for nations to wrestle with one another, and still less ahotbed for crimes.
"All nations should join hands to curb the abuse of information technology, opposeInternet eavesdropping and cyber attack, and oppose cyberspace arms race," Xi said.
He said nations should cooperate to prevent the misuse of cyberspace for crimes such asterrorism, obscenity, drug trafficking, money laundering and gambling.
Analysts believe Xi's speech refers to the unfair treatment experienced by China.
"There are two types of double standard: one in business and the other in nationalsecurity," Tang Lan, a cyber studies expert at the China Institute of ContemporaryInternational Relations, told the Global Times on Wednesday.
Chinese companies such as Huawei and ZTE encountered numerous obstacles when theytried to enter the US market, whereas US tech firms such as Cisco and Microsoft facedfewer difficulties in China. On the other hand, the US government has been activelydeveloping its cyber attack capabilities, but other countries which dare to increase theircyber defense capabilities would be called "hackers" by the US, Tang said.
Relations between China and the US were strained this year over cyber security issues asUS officials accused China of several hacking cases, including a breach of information onUS government workers. China's foreign ministry has repeatedly dismissed suchaccusations.
Cyber security was also one of the main topics during Xi's visit to the US in September.The two governments eventually reached a "common understanding" to curb cybersecurity and cyber espionage against each other.
'Cleaning the Internet'
In a sub-forum on cyber security in Wuzhen on Wednesday, Liu Xinyun, director of thecyber security defense bureau of the Ministry of Public Security, said China has arrested2,703 people for Internet crimes and investigated 947 hacking-related cases in 2015.
The country has established a hotline for tips and information on cybercrimes, setting upover 200 labs across the country to process data related to Internet crimes, he said.
In July, China launched a six-month campaign code-named "Cleaning the Internet." Thecampaign targets hacking attacks and Internet scams beside cleaning online informationof pornography, explosives, firearms and gambling.
The Ministry of Public Security said in August that it had arrested about 15,000 people forcybercrimes and investigated 7,400 cases over a timeframe that the statement did notidentify.
Liu also said China has stepped up its crackdown on Internet terrorism, but failed toprovide any details.
His statement corresponds with a speech given by Xinjiang Party chief Zhang Chunxian onTuesday. Zhang said the Xinjiang government will use technology to destroy channels thatterrorists outside of China use to infiltrate the country and communicate with terrorgroups inside.
Luo Fuyong, director of the Xinjiang Internet Information Office, wrote in an essay earlierthis month saying that his office has been exploring new ways to counter extremist ideasonline, and has launched several campaigns to cleanse the Internet of terrorist content.
Luo also called the Internet "the main battleground for ideological struggles," which is an"extremely important work" for the Communist Party of China.
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