The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has clarified the focus of App supervision this year: full coverage of app stores and software and hardware enterprises

"Achieve full regulatory coverage for app stores, third-party software development kits (SDKs), terminal enterprises, key Internet companies, etc., and create a more secure information and communication consumption environment." Zhao Zhiguo, spokesman for the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (hereinafter referred to as the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology) and director of the Information and Communication Administration, said.

Zhao Zhiguo, spokesman of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and director of the Information and Communication Administration

On January 20, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology held a press conference. In response to the much-concerned App rectification work, Zhao Zhiguo said at the meeting that the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology focused on problems such as illegal mobile phone permissions and over-range collection of personal information, and vigorously promoted the special rectification of Apps.

He said that throughout last year, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology carried out a total of 12 batches of technical sampling, "almost once a month, and also reported 1549 illegal Apps, and removed 514 Apps that refused to rectify." ”

Zhao Zhiguo said that the number of apps on the shelves has reached millions, and it is necessary to further strengthen the construction of technical testing methods. Last year, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology used new technologies and new means such as artificial intelligence and big data to improve the automated detection capabilities of the national App technology testing platform, and accumulated technical testing of 2.08 million Apps, "It should be said that it has basically achieved full coverage of the apps of major domestic Internet companies." ”

In 2022, what work will the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology promote in terms of App governance?

Zhao Zhiguo said that the first is to adhere to comprehensive management and improve the supervision of the whole chain. Focus on key responsibility chain supervision, achieve full regulatory coverage for app stores, third-party software development kits (SDKs), terminal enterprises, key Internet enterprises, etc., and create a more secure information and communication consumption environment.

The second is to deepen the "524 Action", improve the service level, and steadily promote the implementation of the tasks and requirements of the action by relevant enterprises. Organize and carry out "looking back" in a timely manner, so as to better consolidate the effectiveness of various work and enhance the user's sense of gain.

The third is to promote collaborative co-governance and establish a long-term mechanism. Strengthen coordination with relevant departments, form a regulatory synergy, and build a comprehensive regulatory pattern in which government supervision, enterprise self-discipline, media supervision, social organizations and users participate together, so as to create a safer and clearer App application environment.

Written by: Nandu reporter Sun Chao