China News Service, June 13. According to the website of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, in order to further strengthen the implementation of the newly revised "Law of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of Minors", the Ministry of Culture and Tourism has recently deployed a nationwide cultural market. Special campaign to protect the legitimate rights and interests of minors in the field of law enforcement, organize local cultural and tourism administrative departments, and comprehensive law enforcement teams in cultural markets to strengthen law enforcement inspections on cultural market business venues and commercial performances, and focus on investigating and punishing violations of laws and regulations that damage the legitimate rights and interests of minors Behavior.
The Ministry of Culture and Tourism urges and guides all localities to comprehensively carry out special deployments, centralized investigations, etc., to admit minors in violation of regulations, fail to set reminders for minors to be prohibited or restricted, fail to verify identity information, and organize minors to endanger their physical and mental health. Focus on performances, etc., and strictly investigate entertainment venues, Internet access service business venues and other business venues and commercial performances.
At present, more than 20 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities), including Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Jiangsu, Shandong, Hunan, and Yunnan, have investigated and handled a number of cases involving the law on the protection of minors. Guiding cases have deterred illegal acts and purified the market environment.
In order to more accurately carry out law enforcement supervision in accordance with the "Law of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of Minors" and effectively protect the legitimate rights and interests of minors, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism has also notified some typical guiding cases. The details are as follows:
Case 1 A music restaurant in Yuanzhou District, Yichun City, Jiangxi Province organized minors to perform performances that endangered their physical and mental health
A music restaurant in Yuanzhou District, Yichun City, Jiangxi Province held a commercial performance in January 2022 with the participation of minors, and the performance was carried out in the form of audience rewards.
During performances, actors cater to the audience in order to receive rewards, and interact with the audience offstage after the performance. It is not suitable for underage actors to participate.
The Yichun Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television, Press, Publication and Tourism, in accordance with the provisions of Article 125 of the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of Minors, ordered it to make corrections for the organization's organization of minors to perform performance activities that endangered their physical and mental health. Violations will be given a warning, the illegal gains will be confiscated, and an administrative penalty of 30,000 yuan will be imposed.
Case 2 An Internet access service business place in Jinnan District, Tianjin City operated without authorization and illegally admitted minors during the epidemic
In March 2022, an Internet Cafe Co., Ltd. in Jinnan District, Tianjin violated the requirements of Jinnan District on suspending the operation of some venues during the new crown pneumonia epidemic, engaged in business activities without authorization, and illegally admitted 4 minors to the Internet. The circumstances are serious.
The Jinnan District Culture and Tourism Bureau, in accordance with the provisions of Article 123 of the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of Minors, has violated the provisions of Article 123 of the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of Minors. It was ordered to suspend business for rectification (calculated from the date when the Jinnan District cultural and entertainment venues resumed operations), and imposed an administrative penalty of a fine of 150,000 yuan.
Case 3 An Internet access service business place in Guandu District, Kunming City, Yunnan Province repeatedly admitted minors in violation of regulations
An Internet access service business place in Guandu District, Kunming City, Yunnan Province received an administrative penalty in 2021 for accepting minors in violation of regulations, and in January 2022, it illegally accepted minors again, and used other people's identity documents to facilitate minors to access the Internet. The situation is serious.
The Guandu District Culture and Tourism Bureau, in accordance with the provisions of Article 123 of the "Law of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of Minors", will impose an administrative penalty of revoking the "Network Culture Business License" for the illegal admission of minors. .
Case 4 The electronic game equipment set up in an amusement and entertainment venue in Shiyan City, Hubei Province was provided to minors outside the national statutory holidays
On February 16, 2022 (Wednesday), an amusement and entertainment venue in Shiyan City, Hubei Province provided its electronic game machine for consumption by minors.
The Shiyan Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism, in accordance with the provisions of Article 123 of the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of Minors, ordered the venue to provide the electronic game equipment to minors outside of national statutory holidays. It corrected the illegal behavior, gave a warning, confiscated the illegal income, and imposed an administrative penalty of 30,000 yuan.
Case 5 A case of illegal admission of minors by a singing and dancing entertainment venue in Guiyang City, Guizhou Province
An entertainment company in Guiyang City, Guizhou Province accepted 2 minors for singing and dancing entertainment consumption in March 2022.
The Guiyang Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism, in accordance with the provisions of Article 123 of the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of Minors, ordered the venue to correct the illegal behavior, gave a warning, and confiscates the illegal gains. , and imposed an administrative penalty of 20,000 yuan.