Stealing online assets is real theft

GUANGZHOU - Online virtual assets of local netizens will be protected and supervised by police in the booming southern city of Shenzhen, a local white paper said.

After publishing the White Paper of Public Services of Shenzhen Public Security Bureau, Shenzhen has become the first city in Guangdong province to introduce concrete policies to protect residents' online virtual assets.

The city's police authority will coordinate with major operators of online games and websites to protect residents' virtual assets in the following months. By the end of this year, local police will cooperate with major Internet and online game operators to establish a new system to help local residents retrieve their lost online virtual assets.