The number of junk mails from China to other countries fell to 4.92 percent of the world's total by the end of 2007, a source with the Internet Society of China said on Wednesday.

The proportion was down from 8.5 percent at the end of 2006, said Huang Chengqing, head of the society, whose membership covers China's major Internet service providers and telecommunications operators.

The decline, the world's largest, helped lower China's rank in the world spam "blacklist" from second to third, said Huang.

"This achievement is significant. It didn't come easily." said Huang, "Both the government and the industry devoted unremitting efforts to the crackdown on unwanted e-mails."

On June 18, 2007, the Internet Society of China launched an anti-spam processing platform that helped efficiently filter unwanted commercial e-mails.

Self-discipline within the industry was also a decisive factor in the fight against junk mail. Major e-mail websites like Sina and Netease joined in building a comprehensive anti-spam processing platform, acknowledging only credited Internet Protocols.

International cooperation played an important role as well. "Timely warnings from other countries helped us contain and dispose of junk mail," said Huang.

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