China's central military authority has issued guidelines to enhance management of military information and crack down on illegal online activities involving military affairs, a military newspaper said on October 8.

The circular was issued by the Central Military Commission (CMC) to strengthen military information security of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) and armed police, according to the PLA Daily.

Efforts should be made to promote domestically developed information infrastructure, including Chinese-produced software, to innovate and improve information security defense, and to offer personnel support for information management, the circular said.

Comprehensive management and control measures should be carried out to ensure security of important personnel, core data and key devices, the guidelines said.

Calling increased information security "a bottom-line project" for improving combat readiness, the document said pragmatic measures should be adopted to solve conflicts and other pressing issues.