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People's Daily Online reports on remarks made at a national forum on "creating a civilized Internet" by Wang Chen (王晨), director of China's State Council Information Office (SCIO) and a deputy propaganda minister. Wang, China's top Internet control official, invoked the words of President Hu Jintao during a collective study session of China's Politburo last July, saying that the country must "firmly oppose the trends of vulgar (庸俗), cheap (低俗) and tasteless (媚俗) content" (ie, the "Three Vulgarities"). In his four points on how China should create a "civilized web," including "rational self-discipline" and "a correct view of the Internet," Wang did mention the need for "supervision by public opinion" (a term generally referring to public and media monitoring of power), but the term was used in this context to refer to Internet users informing on "illegal and harmful information" online.

Source: China Media Project | Full Chinese Article: QQ News

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