Govt pulls plug on 'bath city' plan

MA'ANSHAN, Anhui: The government has cancelled a plan to turn the city into a center for bathing following disparaging comments from Internet users.

The tourism bureau issued a statement yesterday saying it now has no plans to market Ma'anshan as China's "bath city", although it claimed it does have a healthy bathing industry.

"We have never asked any department or organization to develop such a plan," the government said on the bureau's website.