China's press watchdog bans publications containing false information
22/5/2005 10:18
The General Administration of Press and Publication of China on Friday
banned the publication and sale of 19 books that contain "false
information."
All the books were written in Chinese and published by four
Chinese presses. The books are mainly about business management and marketing
and violate relevant national publication laws and regulations, according to an
anonymous official with the administration.
The official did not explain what
kind of "false information" the books have.
All publication issuance houses
throughout the country, including on-line bookstores, must stop selling the
books upon receiving the announcement. The administration will carry out
follow-up inspections and release the results later, the official said.
This
is the first batch of publications banned by the press watchdog in its
nationwide campaign of disciplining the publication industry, which began in
February this year.
According to the administration, false and fake
publications are different from pirated publications. They are published by
legal publishing houses and are sold through legal bookstores. They often make
up writers and comments, use titles and information of popular overseas books or
counterfeit works of popular Chinese writers.
Xinhua
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