Chinese experts called for more attention to be given to China's cyber security studies on Friday to prevent the nation from falling victim to international hacking attacks.

"China should improve its independent innovation abilities in Internet security, with regard to both technology and management," said Yuan Peng, director of Institute of American Studies with China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations.

The nation should also strengthen international communication to quell other countries' suspiciousness regarding cyber security, Yuan added.

Yuan's remarks were directed toward a previous report on Friday in which a US computer security company again raised suspicions of Chinese involvement in cyber attacks.

"Starting in November 2009, coordinated covert and targeted cyber attacks have been conducted against global oil, energy, and petrochemical companies," the California-based company McAfee said in a report, without specifying the companies targeted, according to AFP.

McAfee said it had identified an individual in the eastern Chinese city of Heze, in Shandong province, who provided servers that hosted an application to control the computers of the companies attacked, according to The Associated Press.

Analysts say that McAfee's report will help bolster cyber security studies in the US, because the gap between the US and the emerging countries is narrowing in terms of technologies.

"The US is definitely in a dominant position in the cyber security sector, but emerging economies are making every effort to catch up with the advanced level," said Yuan.

"With McAfee's report, vigilance will be exercised in the US, so the US government will pay more attention to cyber security studies and in consequence give more financial support to the scientists conducting such research."