In China, over 6 years, more than 130,000 illegal Internet cafes have been closed

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

Yes, you can imagine, we sell beer to minors without any problems (not to mention other products), and in China only a person who is already 18 years old can work in a public Internet cafe. The reason that prompted the government to pass the relevant law in early 2010 is the fear that information from the Network may have a bad effect on the younger generation.
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It should be noted that a sufficient number of citizens of this country “hang out” in the Internet cafe. In total, China has 457 million Internet users, and about 163 million of them most often get into the Internet from Internet cafes. Naturally, China is trying to regulate the rules of work of such institutions, which the government is doing quite well. However, sometimes you have to close some guilty Internet cafes that violate the age limit.

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

In total, 144,000 Internet cafes are currently operating in China, and, as stated in the title, for 6 years, the Chinese have closed about 130,000 Internet cafes that violate the law in one way or another. Chinese regulators are very active, it should be noted.

Via pcworld