China aims to become cyber power by 2020Beijing, Mar 6(AZINS) China aims to use the internet to bolster the slowing economy and make the country a cyber power by 2020, a government's five-year development plan has unveiled.

China also aims to boost its spending on research and development to 2.5% of gross domestic product for the five-year period.

"We aim to strengthen the struggle against enemies in online sovereign space and increase control of online public sentiment," said the plan.

The world's most populous country also aims for perfect cyber security laws and legislations.