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Internet cafes banned around schools, residential areas
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2004-03-24 16:37
Local governments across China have been ordered not to
approve any Internet cafe operations in residential areas or within 200 meters
of primary and high schools.
The General
Administration for Industry and Commerce (GAIC), China's market watchdog,
said in Beijing Wednesday that currently in China, many Internet
cafes, especially those without licenses, admit juveniles in violation of
relevant regulations and spread unhealthy online information.
"They have brought great harm to the mental health of
teenagers and interfered with the school teaching, which has aroused strong
reactions from the public," said the GAIC.
The
Chinese government has, therefore, launched a nationwide check on all Internet
cafes from February to August so as to halt the entry of minors as well as to
prevent access to detrimental information through the Internet, according to a
circular released in February jointly by the Ministry of Culture, the GAIC, the
Ministry of Public Security and other relevant government departments.
During the period, the government departments will take
resolute, unyielding measures to enhance supervision over Internet cafe business
and shut down those with no licenses. Any such place allowing juveniles to enter
or allowing unhealthy information to spread through the Internet will face
rigid, severe penalty.
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