More than 100 Chinese Internet business players signed a public
pledge Tuesday to promote self-discipline in the country's Internet
industry, the first such pledge in China.
Containing four chapters and 31 articles, the pledge stresses the
establishment of a self-disciplinary mechanism aimed to advance the
healthy and orderly development of the Internet industry in
China.
The basic principles of self-discipline for the Internet industry
are patriotism, observance of the law, fairness and
trustworthiness.
The pledge encourages lawful, fair and orderly competition and
values the protection of intellectual property, network security
and the elimination of deleterious information from the
Internet.
China has promulgated a series of laws and governmental regulations
relating to the management of the Internet, such as the decision on
safeguarding Internet security enacted by the Standing Committee of
the National People's Congress. However, China has yet to legislate
exclusively for Internet management.
(
March 27, 2002)