中国垃圾邮件数量创新高

 　　New stats show the number of spam calls made in China hit an all-time high last year.

　　Industry analysis suggests some 27-billion spam calls were made last year in China, with the number of calls through the 4th quarter nearly doubled compared to the same period a year earlier.

　　Sougou Technology helped compile the numbers.

　　Si Tiange is an engineer with the company.

　　中国垃圾邮件数量创新高

　　"Most spam calls are made in the most developed areas in China, with the top three places being Guangdong, Shanghai and Beijing. People in those places have to deal with an average of 2.27 times as many spam calls as people elsewhere in China."

　　Word of the new figures has once-again reignited debate about whether the government should step in to legislate¹ against telephone harassment².

　　Hu Gang with the China Internet Society Research Center suggests the existing laws can be made tougher.

　　"The Consumer Protection Law could be re-interpreted by the People's Congress. As an example, if people receive cold calls which they've clearly refused before, the caller could face a 500 yuan fine. This kind of change to the legal system can both ensure the normal operation of telephone marketing³ and protect the legal rights of cell phone users."

　　The industry report has found nearly 43-percent of the spam calls fall under the category of scam and fraud.

1 legislate   

vt.制定法律；n.法规，律例；立法

参考例句：

• Therefore,it is very urgent to legislate for the right of privacy.因此，为隐私权立法刻不容缓。
• It's impossible to legislate for every contingency.为每一偶发事件都立法是不可能的。

2 harassment   

n.骚扰，扰乱，烦恼，烦乱

参考例句：

• She often got telephone harassment at night these days.这些天她经常在夜晚受到电话骚扰。
• The company prohibits any form of harassment.公司禁止任何形式的骚扰行为。

3 marketing   

n.行销，在市场的买卖，买东西

参考例句：

• They are developing marketing network.他们正在发展销售网络。
• He often goes marketing.他经常去市场做生意。