Notice on Conducting a Special Rectification Campaign Targeting Improper Online Marketing and Hype Involving Military-Related Information

Source-stated date: 15 October 2026 · PLA Daily (解放军报)

关于开展网络涉军不当营销和炒作信息专项整治的通知

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Published15 October 2026, by CMC Political Work Department
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The Cyberspace Administration of China, the Ministry of Veterans Affairs, the CMC Political Work Department, and the CMC Political-Legal Commission jointly issued a notice on October 12, 2026, launching a two-month special rectification campaign targeting ten categories of improper online military-related marketing and hype, covering everything from fake officer-promotion schemes and AI-fabricated military dramas to suggestive videos (擦边视频) exploiting military identity and the leaking of unit designations and garrison locations. The campaign documents a persistent enforcement problem: commercial actors and impersonators are monetizing military identity across Chinese social media at a scale that four central agencies judged sufficient to require a coordinated, time-bounded crackdown rather than routine platform moderation. The breadth of the ten categories — spanning fraud, OPSEC violations, policy misinformation, and sexualized content — raises the question of whether existing platform review mechanisms for military-related content have been systematically underenforced, though the notice itself does not say so explicitly.

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各省、自治区、直辖市党委网信办，新疆生产建设兵团党委网信办，各省、自治区、直辖市退役军人事务厅（局），新疆生产建设兵团退役军人事务局，解放军各单位和武警部队政治工作部（局、办公室）、党委政法委员会：为进一步规范互联网军事信息传播管理，深入排查整治网络涉军不当营销和炒作信息，中央网信办、退役军人事务部、中央军委政治工作部、中央军委政法委员会决定从10月份开始，集中开展为期2个月的网络涉军不当营销和炒作信息专项整治。一、工作目标通过专项整治，压紧压实网站平台军事信息传播管理主体责任，集中筛查处置一批打着退役军人、军属等旗号违规开展涉军不当营销和炒作、误导社会公众认知的网站账号，曝光一批典型案例，持续营造清朗网络空间，为高质量推进国防和军队现代化提供有力网络舆论支持。二、整治重点专项整治期间，主要筛查处置以下10类开展网络涉军不当营销和散布涉军炒作信息的网站账号。 1.包装所谓“内部考试名额”、“免试入职”、“军考保过”等，发布涉及士兵考学提干、直接选拔招录军官、军队文职人员招考、退役安置辅导培训等虚假营销信息。 2.片面或者错误解读军队人员晋升任用、选调交流、退役退出、福利待遇等政策，以提供付费咨询、组建粉丝群组等形式不当牟利。 3.利用网络售卖军服及标志服饰、被装等军品（含仿制品）物资等，虚构军队人员、退役军人形象以及穿着军服或者仿制品直播带货、寻求打赏等。 4.利用军队退役专家、军队名人身份或者关联相关书画、演出等活动，开展违规营销宣传、炒作涉军信息；使用涉军特定含义字样和图案、部队履历敏感信息等开展网络营销活动。 5.关联涉军身份属性录制擦边视频或者进行低俗表演等引流吸粉。 6.利用AI技术生成或者采取拼凑、嫁接、剪辑等方式，编造涉军“爽剧”、悲情故事、恶搞视频等虚假信息。 7.关联炒作涉及军队院校招生、部队征兵等负面信息，恶意发布唱衰军事职业发展等信息。 8.关联退役军人或者军队人员家属等身份，讨论散布服役经历、营区定位、部队番号、训练装备、军事行动等敏感信息。 9.炒作军队人员婚姻婚恋，发布涉及转业费、退伍费、复员费等不当解读信息。 10.假冒军队人员或者退役军人身份，开设网络账号实施诈骗、敲诈以及商业宣传等违法违规活动。三、工作要求各地党委网信部门、退役军人事务部门要紧盯整治重点，加强统筹协调和工作指导，督促属地网站平台严格履行主体责任，建立完善涉军信息内容审核机制，全面清理网络涉军不当营销和炒作信息。军队单位开展针对性教育引导，不断提升军队人员网络安全素养。鼓励社会各界广泛参与，通过中央网信办违法和不良信息举报中心、中国军号客户端“网络涉军举报和辟谣平台”举报问题线索。各级要及时总结专项整治工作经验和成效，持续加强互联网军事信息传播管理，维护人民军队形象声誉。中央网信办退役军人事务部中央军委政治工作部中央军委政法委员会 2026年10月12日

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