Zhengzhou has banned all newspaper stands in the city, on grounds that they obstructed traffic, especially the lanes for the blind along the pavement, The People's Daily reported.

But the unavailability in buying newspapers and magazines have created a big inconvenience for locals, who claim newspaper stands have become a part of the city's collective memories. In addition, newspaper stands also deal mobile telecom business and utility bills.

Those in favor of the move argued that Zhengzhou wasn't the only city in China that banned newspaper stands, noting Nanjing and Beijing were either eliminating them or have plans to.

Under pressure, municipality authorities are mulling issuing the franchises to convenience stores, a win-win result.

(China.org.cn June 6, 2012)

《人民日報》報道，鄭州拆除了全市所有報亭，理由是報亭占道經營、阻礙交通，尤其是盲道幾乎全被擠占。

但買書報困難給當地市民造成了極大不便。市民稱報亭已經成為城市集體記憶的一部分。而且報亭還受理移動通信業務和公共事業賬單。

贊成這項舉措的人強調鄭州并非是我國唯一禁止報亭的城市，指出南京、北京等地已經開始或打算這么做。

迫于壓力，鄭州市政府目前考慮“退路進店”——給便利店發放賣報許可，被認為是一個雙贏的決策。