(Guangzhou Bloomberg) A TEDX speech activity in Guangzhou was ordered by the local government. The organizer said that the official was suspended because of the concerns of the ideas of foreign forces.
The organizer Guangzhou TEDX (TEDXGUANGZHOU) Monday (July 31) issued a statement in social media saying that the Guangzhou Public Security Bureau stated that their speech activities did not comply with relevant regulations that managed foreign non -governmental organizations, so they were originally scheduled to be inThe Guangzhou TEDX annual speech conference held on August 13 must be canceled.
The Chinese government has tightened the supervision of non -governmental organizations ten years ago, and a law formulated from 2017 stipulates that foreign non -governmental organizations must register with local officials and abide by the strict provisions of the official notification.
According to this law, if foreign agencies have no representative office in China, a government support unit must be found before organizing the event, and a local partner.
Although Guangzhou Tedx said they should not be regulated by this law, they still tried to achieve some official regulations.
Ted Conferente LLC. It is a private non -profit organization founded in the United States in 1984. It is known for its organizational TED speech conference. The founder is Richard Vorman.TED is English abbreviations of technology, entertainment, entertainment, and design (Design).
TEDX is a project launched by TED in 2009 to encourage the TED -style activities of the TED style of the TED style of the TED conference. The TEDX project is not related to TED itself.
In August, the TEDX speaking activity was originally scheduled to be held in Guangzhou. The invited speeches will discuss a series of topics such as art, campus bullying, and nano -medicine.
The Guangzhou Public Security Bureau did not respond to Bloomberg's phone call, and Guangzhou TedX did not respond to Bloomberg's comment request through email.
