China's Ministry of Information Industry (MII) launched the one-year long "Sunshine Green Network Project" on Feb. 21. Official with the ministry pointed out that along the wide use of Internet and mobile communication, more and more netizens have called for civility in cyber space.

The project is composed of four parts, namely, control of junk mail, control of junk text message, call for cyber security as well as control of illegal online service. A total of 18 activities ranging from clean-up of the cyber space, promotion of green e-mail box, real-name management of telephone service, spread of popular Internet knowledge, green family online program to other publicity programs in the wake of "Make the global network safer" campaign to be launched at this year's World Telecommunication Day.

Xi Guohua, vice minister of MII noted that the "Sunshine Green Network Project" involves many networks such as Internet, fixed telecommunication network as well as mobile telecommunication network, and covers a lot of aspects including intensification of governmental supervision, launch of publicity and education programs, guidance on industry self-regulation as well as call for initiation of cyber civility.

By People's Daily Online