Jiangsu Province Photographers Association: A work by Yang Mouyu is indeed not an original work, and his qualification for the exhibition has been revoked.

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14/08/2026
On August 14, the Jiangsu Provincial Photographers Association reported that the "Happy Countryside: Art Empowering Aesthetic Rural Revitalization" photography exhibition organized by the Jiangsu Provincial Federation of Literary and Art Circles has recently opened. According to feedback from fellow photographers, one of the selected works in the series "Beautiful Countryside Leisure and Travel" bears a striking resemblance to another work that has been shortlisted in other online competitions and attributed to a different author. The Jiangsu Provincial Photographers Association attaches great importance to this matter and has immediately initiated an emergency investigation. Upon verification, it was confirmed that one of the works in the series "Beautiful Countryside Leisure and Travel" by the author Yang Mouyu is not an original creation. The Jiangsu Provincial Photographers Association does not accept Yang Mouyu's explanation of "unintentional submission" during the inquiry. Based on this, the decision was made to cancel the eligibility of that work. Given that the author's actions during the submission, image editing, and verification periods violated the principle of integrity, it was also decided to revoke the eligibility of another submitted work "Beautiful Countryside in the Misty Rain" from this competition.