
The move comes one month after Chinese telecom companies were awarded licences to operate on 3G networks, making mobile internet an imminent technology for domestic phone users.
According to reports, the government will target handset retailers who offer mobile video-and-music downloading services.
Last month, the government also flexed its muscles by issuing a list of 19 websites it deemed to provide 'vulgar' content to Chinese netizens, including popular sites Baidu, Google, Netease, Sina, Sohu and Tencent’s QQ.