Publications with false information banned
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-05-22 08:46

The General Administration of Press and Publication of China on Friday banned the publication and sale of 19 books that contain "false information."

All the books were written in Chinese and published by four Chinese presses. The books are mainly about business management and marketing and violate relevant national publication laws and regulations, according to an anonymous official with the administration.

The official did not explain what kind of "false information" the books have.

All publication issuance houses throughout the country, including on-line bookstores, must stop selling the books upon receiving the announcement. The administration will carry out follow-up inspections and release the results later, the official said.

This is the first batch of publications banned by the press watchdog in its nationwide campaign of disciplining the publication industry, which began in February this year.

According to the administration, false and fake publications are different from pirated publications. They are published by legal publishing houses and are sold through legal bookstores. They often make up writers and comments, use titles and information of popular overseas books or counterfeit works of popular Chinese writers.

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