WeChat's official statement on 25th February said:
Due to system maintenance, users won't be able to change their profile pictures, user names and short bios until the end of next month. Other functions won't be affected. We apologize for any inconvenience.
It's not a glitch. WeChat users are banned from updating it until the end of March.
So we try to change our user name today and here is what happened.
And the profile photo:
Note WeChat users outside Mainland China may not be affected.
The ban coincides with the third Plenary Session of the 19th CPC National Congress, which kicked off on today and lasts until 28th this month.
There will be also another two important meetings recently.
● The 13th session of the National Committee will be held on March 3
● The first session of the 13th NPC will be held on March 5
Last time, WeChat users banned from updating profile was on October 17, 2017, coinciding with the 19th CPC National Congress.
In addition, Tencent QQ officially gives notice that because of system upgrade recently, modification of any personal detail in QQ is not available recently.
Weibo also officially announced that users could not modify their personal information momentarily. As for when the system updating will be finished, there is no mentioned in the notice.
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