Chinese public submit 11.9 million leads on harmful online information

BEIJING -- Chinese netizens submitted more than 11.93 million leads against harmful information online in July, 58.9 percent lower year on year, the Office of the Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission said Friday.

Among the reports, 2.2 million were submitted to local reporting centers across the country, up 62.3 percent.

China's major websites received 9.6 million leads concerning harmful information, the office said, noting that over 60 percent of them were sent to leading commercial websites including Weibo, Baidu, Tencent and Alibaba.

The office has provided multiple approaches for the public to submit leads against harmful information on the Internet, with an aim to maintain a healthy cyberspace.