 In January 2009, the National Publishing Administration of China updated its third list of banned online fiction, most of which was "danmei" fiction.In 2014, Anhui TV reported that at least 20 young female authors writing "danmei" novels on an online novel website were arrested.In 2018, a female author received a ten-year and six-month prison sentence for breaking obscenity laws in China by selling her "danmei" novel "Gongzhan" () on Taobao, China's largest online shopping website.