Rules governing the Internet should be upgraded into laws to protect the privacy of netizens, improve the development of the network and reduce the number of online attacks, experts said at an international conference.

Enhancing the development of the Internet and preventing cyberthreats through international cooperation were hot issues among industry giants from a range of countries at the first World Internet Conference in Wuzhen, Zhejiang province.

Zhou Hanhua, a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, called for China's top legislature to accelerate the introduction of a law to protect personal information.