Country enhances security checks for govt websites

China has strengthened security checks of government websites, hoping to clean up those that are not up to standard by the end of 2015, officials of the nation's top Internet watchdog said on Monday.

Security checks of government websites is a key task for the country, as their data and information are sensitive and relate to State security, said Zhao Zeliang, director of the Cybersecurity Coordination Bureau at the Cyberspace Administration of China.

"Government departments should pool more resources to speed up the security of their websites. It's also their duty to guide social websites to enhance their online security, and be their model," said Zhao at the opening ceremony of the first China Cybersecurity Week, which runs from Monday to Nov 30.