Faster pace set in bid to protect Internet

Work on drawing up laws on Internet security in China is being accelerated in an attempt to improve protection and prevent online threats, the nation's top cyberspace watchdog said on Wednesday.

The country already has a series of rules covering the Internet, but some should be upgraded to laws to effectively regulate the online environment and resist cyberattacks, the Cyberspace Administration of China said.

Latest statistics from the country's network monitoring center show that by the end of October, more than 8.79 million Chinese computers had been infected or controlled by online threats, such as Trojans and botnets.