On November 12, the WeChat official account of the School of Water Resources at North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power in Zhengzhou, Henan, published an article titled "Refuse Illegal Circumvention of the Great Firewall, Uphold Online Bottom Lines." It stated that circumventing the Great Firewall is an illegal act, and records of such violations will be entered into personal files, affecting political vetting for civil service exams, military enlistment, and recruitment by public institutions, and demanded that students refuse all unauthorized circumvention.