The Ministry of Culture decided to increase the administrative penalty for admitting minors to internet cafes

Absrtact: The Ministry of Culture expresses the hope that through the special rectification action of the Internet Café Market, it will focus on solving the outstanding problems existing in the cultural market, promoting the healthy development of the market of network games, internet cafes, network music and performances, strengthening the supervision of the cultural market and purifying the minors ' growth.

April 7 News, the Ministry of Culture has recently issued a circular to the cultural administration departments, decided to increase the admission of Internet cafes to minors illegal administrative penalties.

According to the new rules, the Internet Culture Business license is revoked according to the Internet café which accepts more than 3 minors (including 3 persons) or has caused serious malignant cases by admitting minors.

It is understood that the Ministry of Culture has several times to the Internet café Market, before the Ministry of Culture published in September 09, "Internet cafes chain enterprises to determine the management measures", according to regulations, the declaration of Internet cafes chain enterprises identified enterprises, registered capital of not less than 10 million yuan, the National Internet Café chain Enterprises registered capital of There are no less than 30 direct stores.

In the middle of December 09, the Ministry of Culture again issued a request to the cultural administration departments of the 2010 New Year's Day and the Spring Festival during the launch of another round of clean-up operations, including to increase the number of Internet cafes to accept minors and black Internet cafes, strengthen the regulation of network music, mobile music market supervision, And asked all over the March 31, 2010 before the special Rectification action Summary submitted to the Ministry of Culture marketing department.

The Ministry of Culture expresses the hope that through the Special regulation action of the Internet Café Market, it will focus on solving the prominent problems in the current cultural market, promoting the healthy development of online games, internet cafes, network music, performances and so on, strengthening the supervision of the cultural market and purifying the environment of minors ' growth.

The following is the full text of the Ministry of Culture's notice on increasing the punishment for admitting minors to Internet cafes:

Wen Shi Letter (2010)458 No.

Provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central government Culture Hall (Bureau), the Xinjiang Corps of Cultural and Culture Bureau, Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Zhongqing cultural Market Administrative law Enforcement Corps:

In recent years, the cultural administrative departments at all levels and the comprehensive cultural law enforcement agencies in conjunction with relevant departments to carry out the standardization and renovation of Internet cafes, so that the operating order of Internet cafes has been significantly improved However, some of the regional Internet cafes still have to admit minors and other illegal business practices, seriously endangering the physical and mental health of minors, resulting in adverse social impact.

In order to strengthen the supervision of Internet cafes and protect the healthy growth of minors, according to the relevant provisions of the Regulations on the administration of Internet Access Services, the Ministry of Culture has decided to increase the administrative penalties for the admission of minors to the Internet cafes, and is hereby notified as follows:

First, to accept more than 3 (including 3) minors and in the prescribed business hours outside the admission of minors, or as a result of the admission of minors caused serious vicious cases of Internet cafes, the legal revocation of the Network Culture Business license.

Second, to accept 2 of the following minors, the Internet café, ordered to suspend business in accordance with law 30th, 2 times a year to accept 2 of the following minors, Internet cafes, the legal revocation of the Network Culture Business license.

Third, the 3 consecutive (including 3) not according to the provisions of the registration of online consumer valid identity documents of Internet cafes, ordered to suspend business in accordance with the law 30th.

hereby inform.

March 19, 2010