BEIJING, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- Nine cyber cafes have had their licenses revoked for serving minors, the Ministry of Culture said Tuesday.
Since summer vacation started around late June, authorities have handled 2,540 cases of cyber cafes illegally serving minors, and ordered more than 290 Internet cafes to suspend operations until they correct their misdeeds, according to the ministry.
Chinese regulations ban Internet cafes from serving minors. While urban cafes have mostly adhered to the ban, many in city outskirts and rural areas, where supervision is slack, have flouted the rules for profit.
In July alone, authorities performed more than 150,000 inspections of cyber cafes, followed up on 1,132 tips and issued 2,520 orders for rectification, ministerial figures showed. Enditem
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