The WeChat Security Center recently announced that any release of distribution information related to illegal or prohibited items via personal WeChat accounts will be considered a criminal offense under the PRC Criminal Law and its implementing regulations.  The WeChat Security Team affirmed its commitment to investigating and acting aggressively against any such violations.  WeChat also announced that holders of personal WeChat accounts are prohibited from releasing, displaying or transmitting distribution information concerning various “illegal or prohibited items“ including drugs, medical supplies, illegal healthcare products and aphrodisiacs.

WeChat also announced that any WeChat user who releases distribution information concerning illegal or prohibited items through his or her personal account or in a chat group will be guilty of breaking the law; likewise, a user who assists his/her friends in forwarding or promoting distribution information on illegal or prohibited items through his/her Moments or WeChat groups is guilty as well. In such cases, both the distributor and the information forwarder will be subject to administrative punishment.

(Source: www.legal daily.cn)