Parents, game operators to control minors

BEIJING - Online game operators in China will be required to provide services for parents to monitor their children's game-playing in the latest effort to prevent minors becoming addicted to Internet games.

A notice issued on Monday by eight central government departments, including the Ministry of Culture and Ministry of Public Security, ordered the implementation of the Parents' Guardian Project for Minors Playing Online Games on March 1.

Under the plan, which was first introduced on a pilot basis in February 2010, all online game operators must cooperate with parents in monitoring their children's online game-playing.