Country calls for creation of Asian Net hub

China called for the building of an information hub for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to boost economic development in cyberspace and help safeguard security in the region.

It is the right time for China and the ASEAN countries to engage in Internet cooperation, improving information-sharing and accelerating network interconnection, said Lu Wei, director of the Cyberspace Administration of China, at a cyberspace forum on Thursday.

Lu said China would like to cooperate with the ASEAN countries in Internet infrastructure, including optical cables, public Wi-Fi and upgraded Web resource allocation.