Beijing, Sep 25 (Xinhua) China successfully built the core network of its next generation Internet, leading the world in developing a larger, faster and safer Internet that is to dominate the future.

The network, namely CNGI-CERNET2/6IX, passed the examination of an expert team organised by the ministry of education here Saturday.

Experts said the network with major innovations would give China a bigger say in the field.

China launched the building of the China Next Generation Internet in 2003 and completed in 2005 its first next generation Internet, the CNGI-CERNET2.

The success of the CNGI's core network freed China from dependence on foreign key Internet technologies and products and ensured national information security, said experts.

Proposed in mid-1990s, the next generation Internet is estimated to increase the information transmitting speed by more than 1,000 times to 40 gigabytes per second.

It also offers more safety, easier management and almost inexhaustible Internet addresses.

Recognised as the future direction of the Internet development and a weapon in keeping economic, political and military advantages, the next generation Internet has been a strategic task for major developed countries like Japan and the US.

China has written the development of the next generation Internet into its national economic and social development plan for the 2006-10 period and made it a key project in building an information-based country.