The white paper titled Jointly Build a Community with a Shared Future in Cyberspace is released by the State Council on November 7. (PHOTO: XINHUA)

Edited by LIN Yuchen

China pledged to continue international cooperation to promote Internet development and regulate online activities, according to a white paper titled Jointly Build a Community with a Shared Future in Cyberspace released by the State Council on November 7.

Multiple achievements have been made within China, the paper noted, including boosting the digital economy, materializing a clean and sound online environment, and increasing the legal framework for cyberspace, laying solid foundations for building a community with a shared future in cyberspace.

By 2021, the value of China's digital economy had reached 45.5 trillion RMB, accounting for 39.8 percent of GDP. 98 percent of all poverty-stricken villages had access to fiber-optical services by the end of 2020.

Telecom and online fraud, online pyramid selling, cyberbullying, and online privacy infringements are all being eradicated through laws. Complementing these are legal information publicity events like National Cybersecurity Week and National Constitution Day, aimed at raising public legal awareness in cyberspace literacy and morality, especially among teenagers.

Being an active participator in the UN process of cyberspace governance, China has made efforts for stronger cybersecurity cooperation.

The Roadmap of Practical Cooperation on Ensuring Security in the Use of ICTs with BRICS countries in 2017, and the China-LAS Cooperation Initiative on Data Security launched in March 2021, are both examples.

With the rapid development of information technology, the Internet has not only penetrated into all aspects of human life and work, but also made people face increasing prominent threats and challenges, said Cao Shumin, deputy head of Cyberspace Administration of China, adding that the situation calls for more just, reasonable and effective cyberspace governance through joint efforts, as well as a strong global response.

In the congratulatory letter to the opening of 2022 World Internet Conference Wuzhen Summit on November 9, President Xi Jinping said that China is willing to work with countries around the world to blaze a global digital development path that features joint building and sharing of digital resources, vibrant digital economy, efficient digital governance, flourishing digital culture, guaranteed digital security, and mutually beneficial digital cooperation.