The office of the national working group for combating pornographic and illegal publications is stepping up a crackdown on pirated teaching materials and harmful online content to ensure students have a healthy learning environment.

The office said on Monday that it has launched an operation to target infringing and pirated teaching materials after extensive efforts to rectify the cultural market during the July-August summer vacation.

The operation will focus on rectifying the cultural market around campuses, cleaning up harmful online content and preventing minors from overindulging on the internet, it said.

By the end of this month, related authorities nationwide will strengthen checks on bookstores and online stores that sell primary and secondary school teaching materials, and step up the investigation of the printing and distribution of textbooks, dictionaries, guidebooks and other publications to prevent pirated teaching materials from flowing into campuses.

The investigators will also inspect bookstores, copy and typing shops, stationery and toy shops and recreational venues. They will focus on checking the merchants’ business qualifications for publications and whether there is any harmful information, including pornographic, violent and unhealthy information, in publications and videos.

Illegal publications and harmful content will be disposed of in strict accordance with the law, the office said.

(China Daily)