Internet regulators in China's capital plan to summon Apple to urge the firm to tighten its checks on software applications available in its Apple Store.

According to the official Xinhua News Agency, the Beijing Cyberspace Administration, together with the Beijing Public Security Bureau and Beijing Cultural Market Administrative Law Enforcement Team, has already met representatives from Apple about the examination of live streaming apps from its app store.

Earlier this year, Apple removed the New York Times English- and Chinese-language news apps from its iTunes store in China following a request from authorities.

The Beijing Cyberspace Administration and the other two departments separately ordered three domestic live-streaming websites to rectify management loopholes, Xinhua added.