Chongqing launches special campaign over motorcycle photo-shoot safety hazards
In short
Chongqing has started a special rectification and regulation campaign over safety hazards in commercial motorcycle photo shoots known as “landing-sign” shoots on Nanbin Road, including riders taking their hands off the handlebars, occupying roads, revving and weaving in straight lanes, and over riverside travel photography around Jiangtan Park. Nan’an district and Liangjiang New Area have placed the problems under mapped management, with Nan’an setting fixed parking areas, operating hours and conduct rules and summoning the operating teams, and Liangjiang carrying out persuasion, risk warnings and zone management. The Nanbin Economic Belt Construction and Development Center said on October 5 that it had joined traffic, urban management, culture-tourism and commerce departments to correct violations immediately.
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Chongqing has launched a special rectification and regulation campaign over safety hazards in commercial motorcycle photo shoots known as “landing-sign” shoots, and in travel photography around Jiangtan Park. According to Yicai, China News Service and Jiemian, the reported problems include riders taking their hands off the handlebars, occupying roads, revving, and weaving through straight lanes, along with risks to tourists photographing close to the river. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]
The action was taken under the citywide “mass prevention and mass governance 100-day push” deployment, the outlets said. Nan’an district and Liangjiang New Area placed the relevant problems under full mapped management and brought them into centralized rectification. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]
For the “motorcycle landing-sign” issue, Nan’an district has defined fixed parking areas, operating hours and conduct rules, and has summoned the operating teams, according to the reports. The district is also running special controls every night during key hours to clear road occupation, illegal parking and stored props. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]
In Liangjiang New Area, authorities moved immediately to carry out persuasion over problems with commercial photography around Jiangtan Park, regulate the photography activity and strengthen risk warnings. The reports said the district is also taking in visitors’ suggestions and introducing zone management so that visitors can tour and view the scenery safely. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]
The Nanbin Economic Belt Construction and Development Center said in an October 5 notice carried by Nan’an Release that it had attached great importance to reports of safety hazards in “landing-sign” motorcycle photo shoots on Nanbin Road and had immediately joined public security traffic management, urban management, culture-tourism and commerce departments to correct violations on the spot. It said it had earlier started special rectification with relevant departments under the “mass prevention and mass governance” requirement, and would continue to focus on traffic violations, unlicensed road occupation and noise nuisance to standardise operating order and build a safe, orderly and civil environment. [ 4 ]
Yicai and China News Service both framed the campaign as feedback to a China Central Television report the same day on the hazards and on the risks to visitors photographing by the river. Jiemian’s account carried the same details and cited CCTV News. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]
Why it matters
The campaign shows city and district authorities moving to regulate informal commercial photo-shoot operators in public riverside and roadside spots, a sector the documents say involves traffic, road-occupation and noise problems. Any new rules on parking areas, operating hours and conduct, and continuing enforcement against traffic violations, road occupation and noise, would directly affect the operators and the tourists who use them. The documents do not say whether penalties have been imposed or how long the measures will run.
Key facts
- Chongqing launched a special rectification and regulation campaign over hazards in commercial motorcycle photo shoots (“landing-sign” shoots) and riverside travel photography near Jiangtan Park. [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ]
- Reported hazards included riders taking their hands off the handlebars, occupying roads, revving, and weaving through straight lanes, as well as tourists photographing close to the river. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]
- The action follows the citywide “mass prevention and mass governance 100-day push” deployment, and Nan’an district and Liangjiang New Area placed the issues under mapped management for centralized rectification. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]
- Nan’an district set fixed parking areas, operating hours and conduct rules for the motorcycle shoots and summoned the operating teams, with nightly controls to clear road occupation, illegal parking and stored props. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]
- Liangjiang New Area carried out persuasion, regulated commercial photography, strengthened risk warnings and introduced zone management while taking in visitors’ suggestions. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]
- The Nanbin Economic Belt Construction and Development Center said on October 5 that it had joined public security traffic management, urban management, culture-tourism and commerce departments to correct violations immediately, and would keep targeting traffic violations, road occupation and noise nuisance. [ 4 ]
- The campaign came after a China Central Television report the same day on the hazards, according to Yicai and China News Service. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]
Confirmed by several sources
- Chongqing has started a special rectification and regulation campaign over safety hazards in commercial motorcycle photo shoots and riverside travel photography. [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ]
- Nan’an district set fixed parking areas, operating hours and conduct rules for the motorcycle shoots and summoned the operating teams. [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ]
- Liangjiang New Area took measures around Jiangtan Park including persuasion, regulating commercial photography and risk warnings. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]
Still unclear
- Whether any operators have been fined or otherwise penalised. The documents say the operating teams were summoned and that violations were corrected immediately, but do not mention penalties.
- The duration and end date of the “mass prevention and mass governance 100-day push”. The campaign is named in the documents but no start or end date is given.
- Which operators or companies are affected and how many. No operators, companies or numbers are named in the documents.
- Whether the measures are permanent or temporary. The documents describe continuing enforcement and next steps but give no time frame.
- The Nanbin Economic Belt Construction and Development Center said it acted with traffic management, urban management, culture-tourism and commerce departments under the “mass prevention and mass governance” campaign. Reported by a single source so far
What local media are saying
Timeline, local time
- Yicai publishes its report on the Chongqing special rectification campaign. [ 1 ]
- China News Service publishes its report on the campaign. [ 2 ]
- Jiemian publishes its report, citing CCTV News. [ 3 ]
- The Nanbin Economic Belt Construction and Development Center issues a notice dated October 5, carried by Nan’an Release, on safety hazards in Nanbin Road motorcycle photo shoots and the measures taken. [ 4 ]
- Jiemian publishes a report on the notice. [ 4 ]