Closing Ren Zhiqiang Weibo in accordance with the law conforms to people’s hearts and minds.
As a Communist party member, we must strictly abide by the party discipline and rules, as a netizen, we must strictly abide by the "seven bottom lines", and as a citizen of People’s Republic of China (PRC), this is the common sense and bottom line that we should all be familiar with, but a network "Big V" Ren Zhiqiang, who has the identity of Communist party member, has no respect for the party discipline and state laws. He has not only repeatedly published comments attacking the party’s leadership, the new China history and the socialist system on the Internet, but also repeatedly published comments inciting social opposition and even openly incited it. Under the active report, spontaneous exposure and strong appeal of the majority of netizens, the National Network Information Office ordered Sina, Tencent and other websites to close Ren Zhiqiang Weibo accounts according to laws and regulations. It is not only a serious party discipline and regulations, but also a response to public opinion and a great success.
Ren Zhiqiang’s actions have seriously violated the party discipline and rules, so closing Ren Zhiqiang Weibo account is an inevitable requirement to maintain the purity of the party. Not long ago, the General Secretary of the Supreme Leader emphasized at the party’s forum on news and public opinion that "the media sponsored by the party and the government are the propaganda positions of the party and the government, and must be named after the party" is to warn the whole party not to forget the important principle of "politicians running newspapers" and is an inevitable requirement for upholding party spirit. But what I didn’t expect was that Ren Zhiqiang, a Communist party member, openly attacked the important speech of the Supreme Leader General Secretary and attacked the formulation that "the party media is surnamed the party". Ignoring the basic facts, he deliberately confused concepts and reversed right and wrong. On his Sina real name Weibo, which has more than 37 million fans, he asked: "When did the people’s government change its surname to the party government? Is it a party fee? " "Completely divided into two opposing camps? When all the media have surnames and do not represent the interests of the people, the people are abandoned to the forgotten corner! " In an attempt to create the opposition between the party and the people by creating the opposition between the party spirit and the people.
Through a simple combing, we can find that Ren Zhiqiang not only publicly attacked China’s current political system as "monopoly imperial power", "autocracy plus monopoly" and "central totalitarianism" on the Weibo, but also advocated western constitutional democracy and multi-party system, and directly attacked the CPC Central Committee for fear of chaos in the world. Article 45 of Chapter VI of the Regulations on Disciplinary Actions in the Communist Party of China (CPC) clearly stipulates that those who publicly publish articles, speeches, declarations and statements that adhere to bourgeois liberalization and oppose the Four Cardinal Principles and the opposition’s decision on reform and opening up through information networks, radio, television, newspapers, books, lectures, forums, reports and symposiums will be expelled from the Party. Ren Zhiqiang’s words and deeds have not only seriously violated discipline, but also been suspected of breaking the law. Therefore, according to the "the NPC Standing Committee’s Decision on Maintaining Internet Security" and other laws and regulations, the National Network Information Office ordered Sina, Tencent and other websites to close Ren Zhiqiang Weibo accounts according to laws and regulations, which is a manifestation of defending legal dignity. We also believe that in order to better maintain the purity of the party, further measures such as party discipline will be introduced later.
Ren Zhiqiang’s actions have seriously violated the "seven bottom lines", so closing Ren Zhiqiang Weibo account is an inevitable requirement to create a healthy and upward network environment. On August 10th, 2013, the "Social Responsibility Forum of Internet Celebrities" reached a consensus on taking social responsibility, spreading positive energy and keeping the "seven bottom lines" together. The "seven bottom lines" are: the bottom line of laws and regulations, the bottom line of socialist system, the bottom line of national interests, the bottom line of citizens’ legitimate rights and interests, the bottom line of social public order, the bottom line of moral fashion and the bottom line of information authenticity. The China Internet Conference, which closed on August 15th, 2013, issued an initiative that Internet practitioners, network celebrities and netizens all over the country should stick to the "seven bottom lines", create a healthy and upward network environment, consciously resist behaviors that violate the "seven bottom lines", actively spread positive energy, and make contributions to the realization of the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Therefore, both Internet information service providers and netizens should enhance their awareness of self-discipline and bottom line, run and surf the Internet according to law, and stick to the "seven bottom lines". Network celebrities and network "big V" should use their influence correctly, abide by laws and regulations, consciously assume social responsibilities and actively spread positive energy. Ren Zhiqiang did the opposite,His words and deeds have seriously violated the "seven bottom lines", violated social justice and good customs, and were suspected of violating the law and violating the constitution, which aroused the public indignation of the majority of netizens. Many netizens not only actively reported, but also spontaneously exposed and criticized Ren Zhiqiang’s remarks attacking the party’s leadership, the history of new China and the socialist system, and strongly called for serious handling of Ren Zhiqiang.
Cyberspace is not a place outside the law, and no one may use the Internet to spread illegal information. Everyone is equal before the law and discipline, and no one is allowed to be special. Otherwise, the majority of netizens will not agree, and all Communist party member and all the people will not agree. The National Network Information Office ordered Sina, Tencent and other websites to close Ren Zhiqiang Weibo accounts according to laws and regulations, which was a great move to actively respond to netizens’ concerns and conform to public opinion, and naturally won praises from netizens. This not only reflects the due diligence of the network information department, but also reflects the powerful power of the Internet and the strong patriotism and strong sense of responsibility of the vast number of netizens, and also shows a gratifying change in the ideological struggle on the Internet.
I hope all network celebrities and "big V" should take Ren Zhiqiang, Sun Haiying and others as a warning and actively use their influence to spread positive energy. Not only was Ren Zhiqiang Weibo’s account closed according to laws and regulations, but just a few days ago, in view of a few online celebrities who ignored social responsibilities and abused their influence, they repeatedly posted illegal and illegal information on the Internet, such as opposing the basic principles determined by the Constitution, damaging national honor and interests, spreading rumors and disturbing social order. Relevant websites have been closed according to law @ Luo Yameng, @ actor Sun Haiying, @ Wang Yajun Shanghai, @ Rongjian 2001, @ Wenshan Wa, @ Ji Yun, @ What goes around comes around, and what goes around comes around comes around. These so-called network celebrities and network "big V" have come to this end, and they deserve it. As negative teachers, they have taught all network celebrities and network "big V" a lesson, so that everyone can further understand their proper words and deeds. The majority of netizens enthusiastically support this, and call for these network celebrities and "big V" who have closed their accounts in Weibo according to laws and regulations to completely cancel their names to prevent them from being resurrected one day. I believe that the relevant departments and websites have seen the appeal of netizens and will take further measures to cancel the number.
In particular, the National Network Information Office has specifically requested that all kinds of online communication platforms should earnestly perform their main responsibilities and not provide communication channels for illegal and illegal speech; Resolutely implement the Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress on Strengthening the Protection of Network Information, strictly implement the registration system of real identity information, and never allow users whose accounts have been closed to re-register by changing their vests. This has cut off the so-called network celebrities and network "big V" who have closed their accounts and continue to "make waves" on the Internet and endanger society. The vast number of netizens are monitoring, and the relevant departments will never tolerate it. If individual websites disobey the rules or play other tricks to revive these closed accounts, they will eventually shoot themselves in the foot.
(Zhu Jidong, Deputy Director and Secretary General of the National Research Center for Cultural Security and Ideological Construction of China Academy of Social Sciences and Deputy Secretary General of China Historical Materialism Society)