BEIJING - A new anti-telefraud app that can identify phone numbers used in frauds and filter out phishing websites is being shown at an internet security event in Shanghai that concludes on Sept 24. The annual event, first held in 2014, is part of the country's effort to provide security in cyberspace. The app was co-developed by the anti-telecom crime office of the State Council and e-commerce giant Alibaba. The Central Leading Group for Cyberspace Affairs was established in 2014 and has enacted a cybersecurity law and regulations, tightened supervision and cracked down on online crime. "Cybersecurity includes the security of the people as well as the nation," said Shen Yi, deputy director of the Cyberspace Governance Study Center at Fudan University. He said internet security cannot be evaluated solely by technical indicators but also had to bring public benefits. China's web users are enjoying a cleaner internet environment since various governmental departments have acted to clean up cyberspace. In a recent campaign led by the National Office Against Pornographic and Illegal Publications, an investigative team seized 50 suspects, destroyed 118 websites and took down 913 online billboards that were considered pornographic or that traded in personal information. The office closed 73 illegal livestreaming platforms in the first half of this year and imposed lifetime bans on 1,879 streamers who severely violated regulations. In 2016 alone, Chinese law enforcement confiscated more than 16 million illegal publications and banned more than 14,000 websites deemed harmful. Internet forums are also being targeted. The Cyberspace Administration of China published a list of rules in August, requiring real-name registration on bulletin boards. Many believe it will contain the spread of obscenity, violence, terrorism and false information. The regulations will take effect on Oct 1. To standardize the way internet companies collect, store, use and transfer private information, several government departments have examined the privacy policies of 10 popular domestic internet products and services. The move aims to prevent criminals from illegally obtaining personal information from the internet. Internet companies are also playing an active role in the fight against cybercrimes. In May, a piece of malicious software called WannaCry attacked computers worldwide. Internet security companies, including Qihoo 360, Tencent and Kingsoft Security, have since increased their security services. A total of 1,116 "internet police offices" have been set up by the Ministry of Public Security and internet companies including Baidu and Tencent in an attempt to investigate illegal information posted on their websites. Twenty-one universities have cybersecurity colleges, and China plans to create up to six international-standard internet security institutes over the next decade. But a gap remains in the education of cybersecurity professionals. As of last year, China had only 143 internet security majors across 126 universities - only 10 percent of the country's technology universities. Xinhua rubber bracelets cheapbracelet maker online1 inch wide rubber bandshow to remove festival wristbanddesign your own wristbandcharity bracelets uksilicone wristbands24 hour braceletspersonalised fabric wristbandshow to remove festival wristbandplain wristbandsjordan wristbandfabric wristbands ebaysilicone keychaincheap silicone wristbands uk
Major projects to help achieve target of 23% coverage by 2020 Saihanba National Forest Park, China's largest man-made woodland, in Weichang Manchu and Mongolian autonomous county in Chengde, Hebei province. [Photo/Xinhua] China will launch a massive land greening campaign to raise the country's forest coverage to 23 percent by 2020, the top forestry official said on Thursday. Two large forest protection projects, each covering an area of at least 66,600 hectares, will be promoted this year, according to Zhang Jianlong, head of the State Forestry Administration. He said three new State forest farms with a total area of 482,000 hectares will also be built in Xiongan New Area in Hebei province, Hunshandake Desert in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, and Huangshui Valley in Qinghai province. Moreover, the plan aims to raise forest coverage to 26 percent and rural green coverage to 38 percent by 2035. By then, 75 percent of the country's sandy land will be under control, Zhang said. Companies, organizations and talent that specialize in greening work are all welcome to join in the country's massive greening campaign, he said. Cooperation between government and social capital will be put on the priority list, he added. The forest coverage rate in China was 21.6 percent by the end of 2017, according to the administration. An area of 33.8 million hectares of forests has been grown nationwide in the past five years, increasing the country's forest area to 208 million hectares. China sits in top place in the world in terms of newly grown forest area during the past five years. We're aiming to grow another 6.66 million hectares this year, Zhang said. He said natural forest harvesting for commercial use is prohibited, protecting 129.6 million hectares of natural forests nationwide. The country has more than 2,200 natural reserves, covering 13 percent of its total land area. Wetlands, which play a crucial role in ecological restoration, have also been well protected, with 28 provinces and municipalities having released regulations on their protection. At the end of 2017, China had 898 national wetland parks, 233,333 hectares of wetland had been restored, and the country's wetland protection rate had been increased from 43.5 percent in 2013 to 49 percent. In addition to supportive policies, new technologies will be crucial to whether the plan will be achieved or not. Scientific solutions will be promoted, said Liu Dongsheng, deputy director of the forestry administration. In the past five years, the central government has invested more than 538 billion yuan ($82.8 billion) in its forests, an increase of 36 percent over the previous period, according to official data. About 5,000 forestry innovation technologies had been developed during that period, and more than a half of them have been put into commercial use. In 2017, forestry industry output reached 7 trillion yuan, with an export value of $150 billion, according to the administration. The greening work boosted the local economy through tourism and the planting of trees. Under the new plan, multiple indexes and standards should be scientifically introduced to guide the implementation work, said Liu Xinchi, head of the Hubei Provincial Forestry Department. More grassroots workers should be encouraged to contribute their experiences and ideas to draft those standards.
