Operators responsible for information security, boosting systems against rumorMicro blog operators have been ordered to take responsibility for information security on their platforms and were urged to build and improve work systems, under a regulation released on Friday.The rule, issued by China's Cyberspace Administration, clarifies the do's and don'ts for micro-blogging service providers, in a move to further purify the online environment by strengthening industry self-discipline.We recently found someone posting illegal or improper information - including pornography, gambling and fraud - on micro blogs, which disturbed the order of cyberspace and harmed others' rights, an official of the authority said in a statement. To ensure national safety and the public interest, we made the rule.In the regulation, micro blog operators are ordered to establish and enhance systems of user registration and information posting and review, as well as to use safe technologies and qualified employees to run the platforms.Micro blog accounts must be open only to those providing real identities, and identity verification should be checked by micro blog operators regularly, according to it.Micro-bloggers should be accurately managed and regulated in line with what content they post and how many followers they have, while those willing to publish news must get a news license, it said.Each operator, in the meantime, should set up or boost systems against online rumors, and have a quick response or emergency procedure to fight illegal and improper information, it said.A convenient reporting channel is also a must, it added.The regulation will take effect on March 20.It's the right time for the authority to issue such a rule, and it will be a key guide to regulate the industry, said Zhu Wei, deputy director of the China University of Political Science and Law's Communication Law Center.On Jan 27, Sina Weibo, one of the nation's most popular social media, was ordered by Beijing's internet watchdog to suspend its hot rankings for failing to stop the spread of illegal content.The 'hot ranking' operation is a commercial behavior, but that doesn't mean it can be operated at the cost of posting information that harms juveniles and the public interest, Zhu said.Internet operators cannot only look at short-term interests. Instead, they should take more social responsibility to keep the industry energetic in the long run, he added.Sina Weibo said on Friday that it would strictly abide by the regulation and improve its management ability. custom silicon wristbandsembossed printed wristbandmake custom bracelets onlinerubber band bracelets picturescustom wristbands
BEIJING -- Astronauts from home and abroad have expressed their expectations of more international cooperation on China's space station, scheduled to become fully operational around 2022."We would love to have more cooperation with countries and regions devoted to peacefully using outer space, and contribute more to humankind's space exploration," said Yang Liwei, director of the China Manned Space Engineering Office and the country's first astronaut, on a panel Tuesday in Beijing.Five foreign astronauts shared their experiences in space with 12 Chinese astronauts on the panel.Since Yang first flew into space in 2003, Chinese taikonauts have completed six manned spaceflights, conducted over 100 experiments, and orbited the earth for a total of 68 days and nights."I can see now that China has become very mature in space activities. Today we have nothing more to teach the Chinese because they have mastered all the key technologies to explore space, including space walks, manual and automatic rendez-vous, and spacesuits," said Jean-Francois Clervoy, astronaut with the European Space Agency (ESA).Awed by China's achievements in space exploration in his second visit to the China Astronaut Research and Training Center, Clervoy said the ESA will enhance cooperation with China."We appreciate very much the opening of China in human's space use cooperation. We think the best way to cooperate first is to agree on complimentary science and hardware development," said Clervoy.He proposed that the ESA can help provide back-up solutions to critical systems in China's future long-distance, long-duration missions.China plans to start assembling its space station in space in 2020.Russian cosmonaut Yuri Baturin, who flew with the world's first paying space tourist Dennis Tito in 2001, said that Russia enjoys abundant experience in space station construction, and can work with China in fields like science research and space station operation.Malaysia's first astronaut Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor said that as a surgeon, he noted that China has conducted various cutting-edge research on aerospace medicine.Expressing the hope to work with Chinese astronauts to carry out medical experiments, he also looked forward to the chance of entering China's space station.China on Monday launched the selection process for 17 to 18 astronauts for future space station missions."Three of my young colleagues, one German, one Italian, and one French, have started learning Chinese because we hope that the first non-Chinese astronaut to fly [in China's Space Station] will be a European," said Clervoy.The panel was also one of the events held this year to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the China Astronaut Research and Training Center.According to Fei Junlong, astronaut and also deputy director of the center, in recent years they have worked with foreign agencies to organize training on reduced-gravity aircraft, Cooperative Adventure for Valuing and Exercising human behavior and performance Skills (CAVES) training courses, and maritime survival training.
