China's Supervision of the Internet

Abstract

The paper firstly introduces the current situation of the Internet development in China by stating that the number of China’s netizens, the number of broadband netizens and the number of the top-level domain registrants all rank number one in the world, then it reveals the problems resulting from the freedom netizens enjoy online. Secondly it analyzes the various supervision methods for the Internet, including the construction of the legal system for Internet supervision, the implementation of access system for Internet information services, stringent examination of the information before its release, the implementation of the network commentators system, strict management on internet service business premises and using technical tools to monitor Internet contents in routing nodes. The main issues of China’s present Internet supervisory mechanism are covered. Finally it puts forward the corresponding suggestions for the effective and efficient supervision of the Internet.