Five portals and Sina Weibo, a Twitter-like microblogging service, jointly launched a website on August 1 to refute online misinformation. The portals include Qianlong, Sogou, Sohu, Netease and Baidu.

The website collects statements from microblogs, news portals and China's biggest search engine, Baidu, to refute false rumors and expose phishing websites.

The site operates under the instruction of the Beijing Internet Information Office and the Beijing Internet Association, a non-profit social organization.

The first phase of the new website has been completed. Operators of the platform will spend another year finishing the second phase. Once complete, entertaining and interactive programs will be introduced to encourage the public to report online false rumors.