China will legislate an online community network and grade online network content, the Yangcheng Evening News reported, citing a speech made by a top official from the "First China Governmental Websites Development Forum" in Bo'ao on Sunday.

China's Ministry of Culture has approved 615 cultural service websites and 134,000 internet cafes. Online game users have reached 217 million, music users 289 million and video users 222 million, said Tuo Zuhai, vice director of the Cultural Market Department of China's Ministry of Culture.

"The network community has become an important part of society; a network social order is needed and the government is considering making legislation," Tuo was quoted as saying.

Tuo said a regulation on online gaming is the current focus. The government is calling for relevant companies to add more cultural content and eliminate violence and porn from online video games.

"An Internet real-name logging system, Internet virtual property, Internet intellectual property protection, Internet content grading system and Internet addiction prevention are also the main subjects," Tuo added.

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