Ren Zhiqiang's Weibo Account Closed
The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) has legally closed the Weibo account of Ren Zhiqiang, who had nearly 37 million followers, on the grounds of "continuously publishing illegal information."
The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) has legally closed the Weibo account of Ren Zhiqiang, who had nearly 37 million followers, on the grounds of "continuously publishing illegal information."
Ren Zhiqiang publicly questioned the requirement that media sponsored by the Party and the government must bear the Party's name. Subsequently, his Weibo account, which had more than 30 million followers, was shut down, and he was given the punishment of probation within the Party.
Xi Jinping inspected three major state media outlets and put forward the assertion that "media sponsored by the Party and government must adhere to the Party."
In 2016, Xi Jinping put forward the requirement that party media belong to the party, further tightening ideology and public opinion control.
Ren Zhiqiang publicly questioned on Weibo that “party media are partisan”, prompting a concentrated criticism by official media, and was labeled “anti-party” etc.
Xi Jinping inspected People's Daily, Xinhua News Agency, and CCTV, proposing that media run by the Party and government must be loyal to the Party. CCTV displayed the slogan 'CCTV is loyal to the Party, absolutely loyal.'
According to a report by Caixin, Zhang Jun, chairman of Fuide Insurance Holdings, was taken away by relevant authorities on February 5, 2016 to assist in an investigation; market rumors linked the case to Liu Zhigeng, vice governor of Guangdong Province.
China introduced the Regulations on Online Publishing Service Management and the Cybersecurity Law in 2016.