New rules coming for smartphone apps

China's Internet watchdog is working on a guideline for smartphone applications in an attempt to maintain cyberspace order, improve industry development and protect users.

It is the time to accelerate Internet-related legislation and bring the rule of law into play to regulate Web space, Lu Wei, director of the Cyberspace Administration of China, said during a seminar over the weekend.

The idea for a guideline echoed the Fourth Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, whose theme was the rule of law. The plenum concluded in Beijing on Thursday.