A Chinese man seen here trying to violently kidnap his pretty ex-girlfriend off the street has been let off without any punishment after he promised not to do it again.

The shocking decision by authorities caused outrage in the country with allegations that failing to punish men who abuse their partners is encouraging others to do the same.

The shocking video which is taken from the street in the prefecture level city of Qinzhou in the region of Guangxi, China, shows the young woman dressed in white walking across the street towards a milk tea store when her ex-boyfriend who had clearly been waiting for her suddenly pulls up in an expensive car.

He knocks over a parked motorbike in his eagerness to reach her, and as she turns to look at what had happened he jumped out of the car and grabs her, dragging her back to the open rear door where he tries to throw her inside.

She fights and can be heard screaming and calling for help, yet several people passed by on bikes and although they clearly see what happens, do nothing to help.

It is only when the woman successfully fought off that one person shows civil courage and shouts at him to stop, and then moves towards him prompting him to give up trying to shove her into the vehicle.

She then runs to the side as other people join the first man and the attacker then climbs in his car and starts to drive away.

Please were called and quizzed and both the young woman and her ex-boyfriend, and she later took to social media to say it was not the first time he had been violent with her.

She said that she hoped that now that he had given the guarantee he will stop harassing her but this was not enough for online commentators, with the hashtag “guarantee” discussing the man’s behaviour and his lack of punishment being shared 740 million times. Many were sceptical that the man would keep his word.

The All-China Women’s Federation also confirmed that not enough was being done to help women saying that 30 per cent of those in a relationship had suffered violence from their partners and that typically they waited more than three dozen times before finally making a call to authorities.