Team work key to cyber crime

Joint Sino-US efforts to regulate Internet industry

BEIJING - China and the United States jointly pledged at the Fourth US-China Internet Industry Forum on Monday to increase collaboration to combat cyber crime and protect Internet security.

"We encourage and support international collaboration in the Internet industry. The US and China should establish a long-term mechanism to communicate over issues like Internet security, Internet policy and Internet legislation," said Qian Xiaoqian, vice-minister of the State Council's Information Office.