On June 16, 2002 (May 6, 2002 in the lunar calendar), a fire broke out in an illegal Internet cafe "Blue Speed Network" in Beijing. At around 2:40 am on June 16, 2002, a fire broke out in an illegal Internet cafe in Haidian District, Beijing, killing 24 people and 13 people were being treated in hospitals. After the accident, the relevant leaders of the Party Central Committee and the State Council attached great importance to it and instructed Beijing to make every effort to rescue the wounded, properly handle the aftermath, quickly find out the cause of the accident, and rectify the Internet cafes in the city. According to Liu De, Party Secretary of the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau, the fire caused the largest number of casualties in Beijing since the founding of New China. Beijing has established an accident aftermath handling agency for this purpose. The fire broke out on the second floor of a two-story building on the west side of Building 28 in the Petroleum Research Institute in Haidian District. The signboard of the Internet cafe reads "Blue Speed Network". Reporters at the scene in the early morning saw that the outside of the four windows on the second floor was blackened by the fire. According to the crowd near the scene and the personnel handling the accident, the Internet cafe has only one door. When the fire broke out, the door of the Internet cafe was locked, and the windows were also sealed by iron guardrails. After the fire broke out, the people in the Internet cafe had no way to escape. The police fire "119" received an alarm at 2:43 in the morning. Nine fire engines arrived at the scene in time, and the fire was extinguished at 3:30. The fire area reached more than 100 square meters. After the fire killed 20 people on the spot, 17 injured were sent to the hospital by firefighters, and 4 more died. After the fire broke out, Jia Qinglin, secretary of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee, Mayor Liu Qi, and deputy secretaries of the Municipal Party Committee Qiangwei and Du Deyin, Vice Minister of Public Security Yang Huanning, as well as relevant departments of Beijing Public Security, Medical and Health, and responsible comrades in Haidian District all rushed to the scene to organize and direct the fire fighting and rescue work. According to reports, the Internet cafe has been open for less than a month and does not have any business license or any safety fire protection facilities. Picture: Blue Speed Internet Cafe Fire Restoration Blue Speed Internet Cafe Arson Case: The Pain of the Century for China's Internet In June 2004, the media's return visit to the "Blue Speed" Internet Cafe Arson Case by three teenage arsonists drew renewed attention to the problem of Internet management. The problem Internet cafes exist ostentatiously with big signs, and the departure of 25 young lives has embarrassed China's Internet regulators. The government must play a major role in the supervision and management of the Internet. Two years ago, at about 2:40 am on June 16, a fire broke out in the illegally operated "Blue Speed" Internet Cafe at No. 20 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing, killing 25 people and injuring many others. Most of the casualties were students from nearby colleges and universities. This is the arson case of "Blue Speed" Internet Cafe that shocked the whole country. The tragedy of "Blue Speed" Internet Cafe is a black Internet cafe without a legal business license. The tragedy of "Blue Speed" Internet Cafe exposes the government's relevant functional areas of business. As early as April 3, 2001, the Ministry of Information Industry, the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Culture, and the State Administration for Industry and Commerce jointly issued the "Administrative Measures for Internet Access Service Business Places", which clearly stipulated the management of Internet cafes and other Internet access places. According to a report by Xinhua News Agency on June 16, 2002, "According to incomplete statistics, there are more than 2,400'Internet cafes' in Beijing, of which less than 200 are legal operators who have been approved and issued the'three certificates' by the three departments of culture, public security, and industry and commerce." The Blue Speed Internet Cafe that broke out in the fire has existed for a month. Some people say that if it were not for the fire, the "three noes" Internet cafe might have existed for a longer time. What is even more regrettable is that on April 17, 2002, a 17-year-old senior high school student Yu Bin died suddenly in an Internet cafe in Nanchang. The so-called "small" of "small government, big society" only refers to the narrowing of the scope of its intervention, but the government must actively act within its limited scope. With the improvement of the legal awareness and democratic consciousness of the masses, their own demands for rights protection have become a general social demand. For these rights and interests, the government has the duty to protect or promote their realization. If the relevant functional areas of business neglect to perform their duties and cause damage to the people, they should be held responsible. Small information World's earliest Internet cafe On September 1, 1994, EvaPascoe, a Polish girl who was studying for a doctorate in cognitive psychology at the University of London, opened the world's first Internet cafe - Cyberia, in the West End of London, England. The status quo of foreign Internet cafes in the United States In the United States, Internet cafes are a rare breed. In some leisure and entertainment venues, squares, parks, airports, waiting halls, and hotels, it is easy to find some computers, which can be used by placing coins. European Internet cafes are almost large chain Internet cafes. Take the most famous EasyEverything in the UK as an example, it has opened more than 20 branches in many famous cities in Europe, such as Barcelona, Madrid, Berlin, Paris, Amsterdam, etc. So far, more than 2 million customers have visited EasyEverything. South Korea has a complete set of regulatory laws and various regulations on the management of Internet cafes. South Korea's "Ministry of Culture and Tourism" has subordinate agencies responsible for managing Internet cafes, and there are also some civil associations to monitor and regulate Internet cafes. But the future of South Korean Internet cafes is worrying, and many owners of large Internet cafes are ready to close their doors.