Kunming: Citizens Have to Buy Face-Masks with Real Names

Local People in Anning, Kunming, Yunnan Province have to buy surgical face masks with their real names, required by local government bureau.

The requirement is connected with the recent protest against a paraxylene (PX) plant planned to be built in the city of Anning, 30 km far away from Kunming, the capital of Yunnan Province who is well know as a tourist place. Thousands locals, some wearing face-masks, went to the streets objecting to the obscure approval of the project and the potential pollution brought by the PX project.

The protest did not change the PX project situation, but the requirement of purchasing face-masks with real names was regarded as a threat and oppression from government bureau.

A latest news said that the bureau has reversed the decision due to the public voice; however, it may apply other methods in controlling public opinion.