Nearly 500 websites across the nation have been confirmed as
containing pornographic materials, said Cai Mingzhao, deputy
director of the Information Office of the State Council. Speaking
in Beijing on Sunday, he said that members of the public have filed
22,000 complaints with the official online reporting center since
it opened earlier this month.
About 95 percent of the complaints concern pornography on the
net. Officials confirmed that nearly 500 of the websites published
pornographic pictures, film clips and recorded video messages, said
Cai.
News and commercial websites have been ordered to delete
pornographic content by the end of September or face cancellation
of their licenses to publish news stories.
Hundreds of Chinese websites, including the most influential
ones, publish indecent and even pornographic content to attract
readers. These have been the focus of complaints from many parents
and educators.
(Xinhua News Agency July 19, 2004)