hang the living room. Illegal. On the morning of October 31th, Changsha City Administration for Industry and Commerce came to the "Jiangnan People's Commune" restaurant and issued a rectification notice to order rectification within a time limit.

Thanks to my friend, I happened to have a meal in the Jiangnan People's Commune in Changsha. I felt very good. During the waiting, I was enjoying the poems of Chairman and looking at the unique portraits, slogans and articles of that era. Faced with the appearance of these scenes and objects that are very different from our times, as a person born in the mid-1971s, I have a special taste in my heart.

Unexpectedly, our little fun of promoting Wang will soon disappear. The reason is that the "Jiangnan People's Commune" has portraits, calligraphy and poems of Mao Zedong, and the law enforcement departments also have Shangfang swords in their hands, because, not long ago, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce issued the "Notice on Inspecting Illegal Acts of Using the Names of Party and State Leaders in Advertisements", which clearly stipulated that: all kinds of shopping malls, specialty stores, franchise stores, restaurants and other sales outlets.

However, although law enforcement departments have a basis, whether this basis can stand the test of law is another matter. According to Article 7 of the Advertising Law, an advertisement shall not be in any of the following circumstances: ... using the name of a state organ or its staff. However, is it an "advertisement" to hang portraits, calligraphy and poems of Mao Zedong in restaurants? Can it be said that "the name of state organs and state functionaries" is used? I thought it was debatable. The use of "the name of state organs and state functionaries" in advertisements is at least to directly promote their own goods and services through the image of leaders or their inscriptions and calligraphy, so that their names are used and the image of leaders may be damaged; The portraits, calligraphy and poems of the leaders as the background of the venue do not directly advocate how good the catering service is, and do not directly use the name of the leaders to publicize the goods and services, but only create a scene to meet some needs of customers. The person in charge of "Jiangnan People's Commune" said that they hung pictures of great men mainly to create an atmosphere, not for the commercial purpose of "propaganda and sales promotion". In my opinion, what he said is to the point, and it is also in line with the understanding of ordinary people. Otherwise, the portraits, calligraphy and poems of leaders in any commercial occasions may be considered as commercial advertisements, which is definitely against the legislative intent of the Advertising Law.

Therefore, from the clause that the Advertising Law cannot "use the names of state organs and state functionaries", it cannot be concluded that "placing inscriptions and photos of leading comrades in various shopping malls, specialty stores, franchise stores, restaurants and other sales outlets" in the notice of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce is illegal.

The era of People's Commune is only the real experience of a generation, and Mao Zedong's portraits, calligraphy and poems are integrated with all kinds of slogans, slogans and objects of that era, forming the memory of a generation. For that generation, there was bitterness, hardship and aftertaste in that era, and they can reminisce; For the younger generation, it is understanding and thinking. The appearance of restaurant chain stores similar to "Jiangnan People's Commune" in Changsha, although full of commercial motives, provides people with reflection and aftertaste for nostalgia and reminiscence, and meets people's certain needs. If Mao Zedong's portraits, calligraphy and poems appeared on these occasions and were banned at this time, it would be tantamount to taking away the most distinctive things of that era and depriving us of the right to "red memories".