China's Ministry of Culture has shut down 10 online streaming apps and websites in a crackdown against illegal online content.

At a press conference on Wednesday, the ministry said the 10 include a streaming app called "Qianshu". It added that 48 operators and 31,371 presenters had been punished, and the contracts of 547 presenters had been terminated. 

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Wu Jiangbo, director of the cultural market division of the ministry, said that the ministry had carried out inspections on 50 major online performance operators to crackdown on banned content which was obscene, harmful to juveniles, violent, feudal and superstitious, or encouraged gambling.

The ministry fined and confiscated the illegal gains of 15 online performance service platforms, including douyu.com, quanmin.tv, 9158.com and bilibili.com.

Officials are encouraging the public to report such illegal activity, by telephone (010-59881010) or on on the web (www.12318.gov.cn).  

(Source: Xinhua)