The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the nation's top industry regulator, will soon roll out a guideline on how to safeguard the cybersecurity of the industrial internet, a frontier where countries around the world are scrambling to establish a beachhead, people familiar with the matter said.

The guideline is part of a broader package of policies the ministry will unveil to further promote the development of the industrial internet, a key way to boost the marriage between cutting-edge digital technologies and the manufacturing sector.