Forty years ago today, on April 17, 1985 (February 28, 1985 lunar calendar), the State Council issued the "Regulations on the Strictly Prohibition of Obscene Articles". On April 17, 1985, the State Council issued the "Regulations on the Strictly Prohibition of Obscene Articles". The "Regulations" pointed out that all kinds of obscene articles, whether for profit or not, must be strictly prohibited from importing, producing (including copying), selling and disseminating. The "Regulations" also pointed out that the work of banning obscene articles must be both resolute and serious, and should not expand the scope. Literary and artistic works with artistic value mixed with obscene content, artistic works expressing the beauty of the human body, physiological and medical knowledge about the human body, and other natural science works do not belong to the scope of obscene articles and are not included in the prohibition.