Over 130,000 illegal Internet cafes closed in China in 6 years

It is no secret that in China, the government regulates many areas that exist in any other state without any interference from the government. For better or worse, it’s not worth discussing, and “volumes for the library” have already been written on this topic, so I don’t think that Habré should pay attention to the political motives of such regulation. But for Habr, the news may be interesting that China is fighting illegal Internet cafes, and their illegality is that such Internet cafes allow Chinese who are under the age of 18 to work on the Web.

Yes, you can imagine that we sell beer to minors without any problems (not to mention other goods), and in China only the person who is already 18 years old can work in a public Internet cafe. The reason that prompted the government to enact the relevant law in early 2010 is the fear that information from the Web could adversely affect the younger generation.

It is worth noting that a sufficient number of citizens of this country are "hanging out" in the Internet cafe. In total, China has 457 million Internet users, and about 163 million of them most often get to the Network from Internet cafes. Naturally, China is trying to regulate the rules of work of such institutions, which the government is doing well. True, sometimes it is necessary to close some delinquent Internet cafes that violate the age limit.

Approximately 50% of visitors to Chinese Internet cafes are in the age group of 18 to 25 years. And about 9% of the entire “cafe” audience is under 18 years old. By the way, 60% of Internet cafe visitors have an average monthly income of about $ 456, which is pretty good.

In total, 144 thousand Internet cafes are currently operating in China, and, as indicated in the headline, over 6 years, the Chinese have closed about 130 thousand Internet cafes that violate the law in one way or another. Chinese regulators are very active, it should be noted.

Via pcworld