Cybersecurity collaboration to increase

Chinese and US security officials held the second High-Level Joint Dialogue on Cybercrime and Related Issues on Tuesday, pledging to iron out differences and to make fighting cybercrime a part of bilateral cooperation.

The dialogue in Beijing, following the first such conversation in Washington in December, was attended by Minister of Public Security Guo Shengkun and Suzanne Spaulding, an undersecretary at the US Department of Homeland Security. Other senior officials from both countries also participated.

"Stepping up collaboration on cybersecurity conforms to common interests of both countries. The joint dialogue should be developed into a major channel for communication and cooperation on cybersecurity issues between China and the United States," Guo, who also is a state councilor, said at the dialogue.