Follow up on the plagiarism incident of the Vice Chairman of the Hezhou Writers Association in Guangxi: Another magazine accused him of plagiarizing the Vice Chairman | Wang Zhongmin | Incident
Wang Zhongmin, Vice Chairman of the Hezhou Writers Association in Guangxi, was dismissed from his position due to being accused of plagiarism by two magazines. This afternoon, another magazine issued a statement accusing Wang Zhongmin of literary misconduct such as plagiarism and plagiarism in his published works.
At about 2:00 p.m. on September 17, the Star Poetry Magazine released a statement on its official account, saying that after verification, some of Wang Zhongmin's works published in related publications of the Star Poetry Magazine had plagiarism, falsification and other misdeeds in literary creation.
The Star Poetry Magazine stated that in accordance with its regulations on handling plagiarism, the author's work will be recovered from the payment made to Wang Zhongmin and will not be published in the future; Personnel who fail to identify plagiarism issues during the review process will be penalized with corresponding performance-based pay.
Statement from Star Poetry Magazine. Screenshot of official account
The magazine also stated that it publicly apologizes for any infringement caused to the author of the plagiarized work due to errors in the review process. At the same time, readers of the Star Poetry Magazine are welcome to continue supervising the publication of their works in the future, and to provide plagiarism clues and evidence for works suspected of plagiarism.
According to a previous report by Pengpai News, on September 14th, the WeChat official account of Shandong Literature issued a "solemn statement" stating that the editorial department received feedback from readers that some of the content in the second issue of "Sleeping Corridor" published by our magazine in 2022 was suspected of plagiarism, and the editorial department attaches great importance to it.
After verification, it is believed that there is a phenomenon of plagiarism in several poems, including "Fruit", "Father Playing the Flute When He Was Young", "Spring Comes, You Are As Bright as Ever", and "Sleeping Corridor", which involve plagiarism.
"We would like to express our sincere apologies to the original authors, Yi Xian, Song Bin, Ye Xia Chonger, and Lan Lan." Shandong Literature stated that as an original literary journal, it has always firmly opposed unethical behaviors such as plagiarism and plagiarism. Therefore, we have decided to recover the manuscript fee for the second issue of Wang Zhongmin in 2022 and will no longer publish the author's work in the future.
Later, the Poetry Monthly magazine also released the solemn statement that on September 15, 2023, according to the WeChat official account "reading a good poem", Wang Zhongmin's poems "Thunder" and "Moonlight Falls" published in the 8th journal in 2022 were suspected of copying the works of the same name of Hunan poet Ru Ama. After learning about the situation, this magazine immediately conducted a comparative study and concluded that plagiarism was valid.
The Poetry Monthly stated that as an original poetry publication with zero tolerance for plagiarism, it has decided to recover the remuneration paid to Wang Zhongmin in the current period and will no longer accept the author's works in the future. I would like to express my sincere apologies to the original author Ru Ama.
On September 15th, the Guangxi Writers Association issued a notice on the Guangxi Internet of Culture regarding the investigation of online plagiarism by Wang Zhongmin, stating that "an investigation will be conducted into the plagiarism reported by Wang Zhongmin, Vice Chairman of the Hezhou Writers Association. After careful verification, the situation is true." At the same time, the association also stated that it considers Wang Zhongmin to be ineligible to apply for membership in the Chinese Writers Association and applied to withdraw his recommendation from the Chinese Writers Association on September 14th; At the same time, Wang Zhongmin's position as Vice Chairman of the Hezhou Writers Association was revoked and his membership in the Hezhou Writers Association was revoked in accordance with the relevant articles of association.
