Govt reassures foreign firms on new Internet rules

Ministry says draft is open to feedback until end of April

China's draft Internet regulation on domain names, the addresses used to navigate the Web, will not affect foreign companies' normal business in China, the top industry regulator said on Wednesday.

"The draft rule asks websites that engage in network access within the borders of China to register their domain names in the country. Companies accessing network outside of the country will not be affected," the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said in a statement.