BEIJING, Oct. 26 -- China's top Internet watchdog on Sunday pledged to govern online space in accordance with the law, echoing the Party's embrace of rule of law at a key plenum.

The Party's fourth plenum spirit of law should be vigorously applied to the Internet to ensure regulators and online users behave within the limits of law, said Lu Wei, Minister of the Cyberspace Administration of China.

The 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China held the Fourth Plenary Session from Monday to Thursday, with the central theme of "rule of law."

Local officials in charge of cyberspace administration on Sunday gathered in Beijing to discuss the way of protecting the Internet security and online privacy.

To govern the Internet according to law is in essence consistent with the Party's leadership, said Tong Liqiang, director of Beijing cyberspace information office.

"To regulate the Internet in accordance with law must strengthen the Party's leadership over Internet, in this way, right and sound development of the Internet can be guaranteed," Tong added.