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You may hear loud music some passengers play in some public places like a subway. Such uncivilized acts cause a disturbance to others and need to be regulated. Kunming, the capital of Yunan province, plans to ban these acts. 

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On Aug 20, Kunming’s Municipal Transport Bureau held a hearing around rules for urban railway passengers. It will the third mainland Chinese city for Kunming to ban public transport users from playing music and videos out loud or talking loud on phones.
 

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Many netizens and respondents support the rules, thinking those are practical and worthy to be promoted. Too loud noises affect other people’s experiences in public, especially while taking a bus or on a subway. 

 

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Similar regulations are either under consideration or in force in other cities. At least two other cities, Beijing and Lanzhou – the capital of northwestern Gansu province – have barred travelers from talking loudly or turning up their electronic devices on the underground. 

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“Some passengers ignore other people and play their electronic devices with the sound on, causing a great disturbance to others. Such behavior needs to be regulated,” the bureau said.
The proposal was popular on social media.
 
“I’d suggest operators of high-speed trains and civil aviation also adopt this ban,” one user of the Weibo microblogging service wrote. “Don’t you have the money to buy earphones?” 

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“I’m strongly in favor – the most effective way to improve our manners is to give clear rules,” another user said. 
Lanzhou, which opened its first subway line in June, banned on passengers from playing devices without wearing headphones from the day the first train rolled. 
 
Also in June, Beijing issued a code of conduct for public transport passengers that included a ban on excessive noise. Penalties there included personal credit system demerits, black marks that could be removed by working as a subway volunteer for an hour.
 

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