BlockBeats news, on August 14, a staff member from the Propaganda Department of the Guizhou Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision stated to (China News Weekly) that the news regarding Jing Yaping, the former director of the Guizhou Provincial Big Data Development Administration, mining 327 bitcoins using government servers is "a rumor." According to their understanding, Jing Yaping's case does not involve bitcoin.
The aforementioned staff member stated that this news was initially generated by some self-media using AI (artificial intelligence) with the aim of attracting traffic. It was later reported by a media outlet, and relevant departments have communicated regarding this matter.