Chinese Government Bans Luxury Advertising

The Beijing Administration for Industry and Commerce has now given companies until April 15, 2011 to remove words such as “luxury”, “royal”, “supreme” and “high class” from billboards, or face a 30,000 yuan ($4,500) fine.

China’s wealth gap is a serious threat to the country, according to the government, which recorded last year that the average income in a Chinese city is now three times that of a person living in the countryside