BEIJING - A total of 48 officials of various levels have received punishment over the defective vaccine case involving Changchun Changsheng Life Sciences Limited. The CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) and the National Supervisory Commission (NSC) made the announcement Saturday in a statement on investigations into the case. Wu Zhen, former deputy head of the now defunct China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) and a former member of the agency's leading Party members' group, was expelled from the Communist Party of China (CPC) and transferred to the procuratorate for investigation and prosecution for suspected duty crime. Wu was among six high-ranking officials who were sacked or asked to resign as a result of the CCDI and NSC investigations. A total of 42 lower level officials, who had worked with the CFDA, National Medical Products Administration, drug administration agencies of various levels in Jilin Province, Changchun municipal government and Changchun high-tech industries development area, were also punished. Among the 42 were three duty crime suspects who formerly served with Jilin provincial medical products administration and were expelled from the CPC and transferred to procuratorial agencies for investigation and prosecution for suspected duty crimes. wristbands canadacustom silicone bracelets canadarubber bracelets canadasilicone bracelets canadasilicone wristbands canadacustom wristbands canadacanadian wristbandswristbands canada
BEIJING - A total of 279,000 online cartoon video clips featuring popular children's characters in sexual or violent scenarios have been deleted in a special campaign in China.To date, a total of 1,079 online accounts have been closed for relevant violations and 771 online games were removed, the Ministry of Culture said in a statement Thursday.The ministry said that it had ordered major Internet companies including Baidu, Tencent and Youku, to check the content of their websites in January, asking them to remove all such content immediately.Internet companies were also told to share keywords and other information about harmful videos so that other websites could deal with violations accordingly, the statement said.Moreover, the ministry requires local cultural administrative agencies to strengthen online management and deepen work to clean up online violent and pornographic content as well content that may harm society and the physical and mental health of juveniles.It pledged serious punishment for enterprises and individuals who produce or upload harmful video.Websites that fail to conduct strict review of their content will also be punished, the statement said.The ministry also encouraged the public to give tip-offs of such violations through telephone hotline 12318 and website www.12318.gov.cn.
