The country's top publicity official Liu Yunshan has put forward the idea of "building a web culture with Chinese characteristics" when addressing a national meeting on Internet culture on Monday (June 4), according to Xinhua news agency.

Liu called for the molding of the Internet into "the new means of promoting a culture of advanced socialism, the new platform for public cultural services, the new area for spiritual fulfillment and a new channel for China to present itself to the outside world.

"It is a significant decision made by the Central Committee of Chinese Communist Party (CPC) to build a web culture with Chinese characteristics," said Liu, head of the Committee's Publicity Department.

Promoting such a web culture, said Liu, is vital in "maintaining social harmony, complying with public will and protecting the country's young minds".

Editor: Wing