diff --git a/news-morning-templates.mjs b/news-morning-templates.mjs
index 717f16d..ef68835 100644
--- a/news-morning-templates.mjs
+++ b/news-morning-templates.mjs
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ export const NEWS002_STYLE_BLOCK = `<style>
   .card .why{margin-top:7px;padding-left:9px;border-left:2px solid var(--brand);
     font-size:12.5px;color:var(--ink-2)}
   .card .why b{color:var(--brand);font-weight:600}
-  /* 占位：无图时用栏目色 + emoji，保持版式不塌 */
+  /* ph 仅作浏览器端 onerror 降级；落盘页由 worker 剔除无图卡，禁止保留 ph 占位卡 */
   .media.ph{display:flex;align-items:center;justify-content:center;font-size:26px;
     background:linear-gradient(135deg,var(--brand-soft),var(--accent-soft))}
   .tag{display:inline-block;font-size:10.5px;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:.06em;
@@ -318,9 +318,9 @@ export const NEWS002_TEMPLATE_SPEC = [
   '',
   '五、配图（news002 新增，必须做）',
   '1. 预取 brief 里每条结果若带 `图：{URL}`，就把该 URL 用作这条新闻的配图。',
-  '1b. 正式 news002 的每张新闻卡都必须有与来源文章绑定的真实 https 配图；没有图的候选事件不得入选，core 栏目须换选另一条有图事件，flex 栏目可整节省略。',
-  '2. 有图写 `<div class="media"><img src="{图URL}" alt="{标题}" loading="lazy" referrerpolicy="no-referrer" onerror="this.parentNode.classList.add(\'ph\');this.remove()"></div>`。',
-  '3. `.media.ph` 只允许作为图片加载失败时的视觉降级，正式落盘验收不接受无 `<img>` 的占位卡；禁止为了过闸门编造图片地址。',
+  '1b. 正式 news002 的每张新闻卡都必须有与来源文章绑定的真实 https 配图；没有图的候选事件不得入选、不得落盘，core 栏目须换选另一条有图事件，flex 栏目可整节省略。',
+  '2. 有图写 `<div class="media"><img src="{图URL}" alt="{标题}" loading="lazy" referrerpolicy="no-referrer"></div>`；禁止输出 `.media.ph` 占位卡。',
+  '3. 无真实配图的事件直接不写；落盘后 worker 会剔除无图卡并删除空栏目，禁止为了过闸门编造图片地址或保留无图条目。',
   '3b. 知识卡片的 emoji 用 `<div class="k-icon">`，否则字号会掉到正文大小。',
   '4. 头条 3～4 条及所有普通新闻卡必须 100% 有真实配图；配图必须来自对应来源文章的 `og:image` / `twitter:image`，禁止拿甲事件的图配乙事件。',
   '5. 图片一律 https，禁止 data URI 长图，禁止整页长图截图。',
diff --git a/wechat-daily-news-inline.mjs b/wechat-daily-news-inline.mjs
index ede1054..f7e2e64 100644
--- a/wechat-daily-news-inline.mjs
+++ b/wechat-daily-news-inline.mjs
@@ -591,7 +591,13 @@ function splitSections(html) {
 
 function renderGenericSection(
   sectionHtml,
-  { sectionId = '', maxCards = null, maxBodyChars = null, imageUrlMap = new Map() } = {},
+  {
+    sectionId = '',
+    maxCards = null,
+    maxBodyChars = null,
+    imageUrlMap = new Map(),
+    requireCardImage = false,
+  } = {},
 ) {
   const title = extractInnerHtml(sectionHtml, /<div class="section-title"[^>]*>([\s\S]*?)<\/div>/i);
   if (/近7天新闻早报/u.test(stripInlineText(title))) return '';
@@ -617,6 +623,7 @@ function renderGenericSection(
     if (maxCards != null && cardCount >= maxCards) continue;
     const cardChunk = token.replace(/^(?:<div class="(?:card|highlight-box)|<a class="lead-card)(?:\s|")/i, '');
     const cardHtml = `<div class="card ${isLeadCard ? 'lead-card ' : ''}${cardChunk}`;
+    if (requireCardImage && !extractMappedCardImage(cardHtml, imageUrlMap)) continue;
     // 序号只给列表条目，头条卡与榜单卡靠自身样式区分，不占号。
     const rendered = renderCard(cardHtml, {
       maxBodyChars,
@@ -881,6 +888,7 @@ function buildWechatInlineContent(html, {
 } = {}) {
   const sections = splitSections(html);
   const digest = renderTodayDigest(html);
+  const isNews002 = /class="[^"]*\bmasthead\b/i.test(String(html ?? ''));
   const bodyParts = [renderHero(html, imageUrlMap, { includeSubtitle: !digest })];
   if (digest) bodyParts.push(digest);
 
@@ -918,6 +926,7 @@ function buildWechatInlineContent(html, {
       maxCards: resolveSectionCardLimit(section, trimProfile.sectionCardLimits),
       maxBodyChars: trimProfile.maxBodyChars,
       imageUrlMap,
+      requireCardImage: isNews002,
     });
     if (rendered) {
       contentParts.push(rendered);
diff --git a/wechat-daily-news-inline.test.mjs b/wechat-daily-news-inline.test.mjs
index 7f00181..7ab081c 100644
--- a/wechat-daily-news-inline.test.mjs
+++ b/wechat-daily-news-inline.test.mjs
@@ -162,23 +162,20 @@ const NEWS002_HTML = `<!DOCTYPE html><html><body>
 </div>
 </div></body></html>`;
 
-test('news002 lead-card renders as a feature card in the wechat draft', () => {
+test('news002 lead-card without image is omitted from wechat draft', () => {
   const rendered = wechatDailyNewsInlineInternals.renderGenericSection(
     NEWS002_HTML.match(/<div class="section" id="headlines">[\s\S]*?<\/a>\n<\/div>/)[0],
-    { sectionId: 'headlines' },
+    { sectionId: 'headlines', requireCardImage: true },
   );
-  assert.match(rendered, /王毅同鲁比奥通电话/u);
-  assert.match(rendered, /中美关系/u, 'lead-card 的 tag 必须保留');
-  assert.doesNotMatch(rendered, /01<\/span>/u, '头条卡不占列表序号');
+  assert.equal(rendered, '', '无图头条卡不应进入微信草稿');
 });
 
-test('news002 card with media block still yields title and body', () => {
+test('news002 card without image is omitted from wechat draft', () => {
   const rendered = wechatDailyNewsInlineInternals.renderGenericSection(
     NEWS002_HTML.match(/<div class="section" id="domestic">[\s\S]*$/)[0],
-    { sectionId: 'domestic' },
+    { sectionId: 'domestic', requireCardImage: true },
   );
-  assert.match(rendered, /沈阳举行九一八纪念活动/u);
-  assert.match(rendered, /国内正文摘要/u, '.media 在前不应挤掉正文 <p>');
+  assert.equal(rendered, '', '无图普通卡不应进入微信草稿');
 });
 
 test('news002 cards render uploaded source images in the wechat draft', () => {
diff --git a/wechat-news-morning-draft-worker.mjs b/wechat-news-morning-draft-worker.mjs
index dbaef4d..5a688e1 100644
--- a/wechat-news-morning-draft-worker.mjs
+++ b/wechat-news-morning-draft-worker.mjs
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import {
 import {
   auditNews002ImageCoverage,
   enrichNews002HtmlWithSourceImages,
+  pruneNews002ImagelessStoryCards,
 } from './wechat-news-morning-images.mjs';
 import {
   isWechatNewsMorningDraftWorkerEnabled,
@@ -70,6 +71,19 @@ function applyNewsMorningDedupe(page, logger) {
   }
 }
 
+function finalizeNews002Html(html, logger, page, label) {
+  const pruned = pruneNews002ImagelessStoryCards(html);
+  if (pruned.removedCards > 0 || pruned.removedSections > 0) {
+    logger.log?.('[NewsMorningDraft] news002 pruned imageless cards', {
+      slug: page.slug,
+      phase: label,
+      removedCards: pruned.removedCards,
+      removedSections: pruned.removedSections,
+    });
+  }
+  return pruned.html;
+}
+
 async function applyNews002ImageGate(
   page,
   config,
@@ -81,7 +95,7 @@ async function applyNews002ImageGate(
   if (!page?.localPath || !fs.existsSync(page.localPath)) {
     throw new Error('news002 配图闸门无法读取生成页面');
   }
-  let source = fs.readFileSync(page.localPath, 'utf8');
+  let source = finalizeNews002Html(fs.readFileSync(page.localPath, 'utf8'), logger, page, 'pre-enrich');
   let enriched = await enrichNews002HtmlWithSourceImages(source, {
     timeoutMs: Number(env.MEMIND_NEWS_MORNING_IMAGE_META_TIMEOUT_MS ?? 6000) || 6000,
     concurrency: Number(env.MEMIND_NEWS_MORNING_IMAGE_META_CONCURRENCY ?? 8) || 8,
diff --git a/wechat-news-morning-draft.mjs b/wechat-news-morning-draft.mjs
index c4b1f0d..88b6710 100644
--- a/wechat-news-morning-draft.mjs
+++ b/wechat-news-morning-draft.mjs
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import { countNewsMorningStoryCards } from './wechat-news-morning-dedup.mjs';
 import {
   auditNews002ImageCoverage,
   extractNews002CardImageUrls,
+  pruneNews002ImagelessStoryCards,
 } from './wechat-news-morning-images.mjs';
 import {
   NEWS001_FRESH_CONTENT_SPEC,
@@ -836,6 +837,7 @@ export async function buildDailyNewsWechatDraftArticleForPush({
     memindLibRoot,
   });
   if (/class="[^"]*\bmasthead\b/i.test(String(html ?? ''))) {
+    html = pruneNews002ImagelessStoryCards(String(html ?? '')).html;
     const audit = auditNews002ImageCoverage(html, { requireTemplateStructure: true });
     if (!audit.ok) {
       throw new Error(`news002 页面未通过推送闸门：${audit.violations.join(', ')}`);
diff --git a/wechat-news-morning-images.mjs b/wechat-news-morning-images.mjs
index 8315f0d..b468790 100644
--- a/wechat-news-morning-images.mjs
+++ b/wechat-news-morning-images.mjs
@@ -218,6 +218,60 @@ export function extractCardImage(cardRaw) {
   return normalizeNewsMorningImageUrl(media?.[1] ?? '');
 }
 
+/** 无真实 https 配图或仅有 ph 占位时视为不可展示。 */
+export function cardHasDisplayableImage(cardRaw) {
+  const raw = String(cardRaw ?? '');
+  if (/\bmedia\s+ph\b/i.test(raw) || /<div\b[^>]*class="[^"]*\bmedia\b[^"]*\bph\b/i.test(raw)) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  return Boolean(extractCardImage(raw));
+}
+
+const NEWS002_KEEP_EMPTY_SECTION_IDS = new Set(['weather', 'history', 'brief']);
+
+function pruneEmptyNews002Sections(html) {
+  let output = String(html ?? '');
+  const re = /<div\b[^>]*class=["'][^"']*\bsection\b[^"']*["'][^>]*id=["']([^"']+)["'][^>]*>/gi;
+  const matches = [...output.matchAll(re)];
+  let removedSections = 0;
+  for (const match of [...matches].reverse()) {
+    const sectionId = match[1];
+    if (NEWS002_KEEP_EMPTY_SECTION_IDS.has(sectionId)) continue;
+    const { start, end } = sliceBalancedBlock(
+      output,
+      'div',
+      match.index,
+      match.index + match[0].length,
+    );
+    const slice = output.slice(start, end);
+    const cards = extractNews002StoryCards(slice).filter((card) => cardHasDisplayableImage(card.raw));
+    const hasDeep = /<div\b[^>]*class=["'][^"']*\bdeep\b/i.test(slice);
+    if (cards.length === 0 && !hasDeep) {
+      output = output.slice(0, start) + output.slice(end);
+      removedSections += 1;
+    }
+  }
+  return { html: output, removedSections };
+}
+
+/** 移除无图故事卡并清理空栏目，保证页面只展示有配图的条目。 */
+export function pruneNews002ImagelessStoryCards(html) {
+  let output = String(html ?? '');
+  let removedCards = 0;
+  const imageless = extractNews002StoryCards(output)
+    .filter((card) => card.title && !cardHasDisplayableImage(card.raw));
+  for (const card of [...imageless].sort((a, b) => b.start - a.start)) {
+    output = output.slice(0, card.start) + output.slice(card.end);
+    removedCards += 1;
+  }
+  const prunedSections = pruneEmptyNews002Sections(output);
+  return {
+    html: prunedSections.html,
+    removedCards,
+    removedSections: prunedSections.removedSections,
+  };
+}
+
 export function extractNews002CardImageUrls(html) {
   return extractNews002StoryCards(html)
     .filter((card) => card.title)
@@ -289,19 +343,26 @@ export async function enrichNews002HtmlWithSourceImages(
     if (!parts) continue;
     const existingImage = extractCardImage(card.raw);
     const image = existingImage || imageByStart.get(card.start) || '';
+    if (!image) {
+      output = output.slice(0, card.start) + output.slice(card.end);
+      continue;
+    }
     const cleanedInner = ensureBodyWrapper(removeExistingMedia(parts.inner));
-    const media = image
-      ? `<div class="media"><img src="${escapeHtmlAttribute(image)}" alt="${escapeHtmlAttribute(card.title)}" loading="lazy" referrerpolicy="no-referrer"></div>`
-      : '<div class="media ph">📰</div>';
+    const media = `<div class="media"><img src="${escapeHtmlAttribute(image)}" alt="${escapeHtmlAttribute(card.title)}" loading="lazy" referrerpolicy="no-referrer"></div>`;
     const replacement = `${parts.open}${media}${cleanedInner}${parts.close}`;
     output = output.slice(0, card.start) + replacement + output.slice(card.end);
   }
 
+  const pruned = pruneNews002ImagelessStoryCards(output);
+  const remainingCards = extractNews002StoryCards(pruned.html).filter((card) => card.title);
+
   return {
-    html: output,
-    cardCount: cards.filter((card) => card.title).length,
+    html: pruned.html,
+    cardCount: remainingCards.length,
     attemptedCount: unresolved.length,
     resolvedCount,
+    removedCards: pruned.removedCards,
+    removedSections: pruned.removedSections,
   };
 }
 
@@ -311,9 +372,9 @@ export function auditNews002ImageCoverage(
 ) {
   const source = String(html ?? '');
   const cards = extractNews002StoryCards(source).filter((card) => card.title);
-  const missingImages = cards.filter((card) => !extractCardImage(card.raw));
+  const missingImages = cards.filter((card) => !cardHasDisplayableImage(card.raw));
   const leads = cards.filter((card) => card.isLead);
-  const missingLeadImages = leads.filter((card) => !extractCardImage(card.raw));
+  const missingLeadImages = leads.filter((card) => !cardHasDisplayableImage(card.raw));
   const violations = [];
   if (!/class="[^"]*\bmasthead\b/i.test(source)) violations.push('missing-masthead');
   if (cards.length > maxStoryCards) violations.push('too-many-story-cards');
diff --git a/wechat-news-morning-images.test.mjs b/wechat-news-morning-images.test.mjs
index e7e55ed..26bc080 100644
--- a/wechat-news-morning-images.test.mjs
+++ b/wechat-news-morning-images.test.mjs
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@ import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
 import test from 'node:test';
 import {
   auditNews002ImageCoverage,
+  cardHasDisplayableImage,
   enrichNews002HtmlWithSourceImages,
   enrichNewsMorningSearchGroupsWithImages,
   extractNewsMorningSourceImage,
   normalizeNewsMorningImageUrl,
+  pruneNews002ImagelessStoryCards,
 } from './wechat-news-morning-images.mjs';
 
 function htmlResponse(html, url = 'https://news.example/story') {
@@ -91,6 +93,53 @@ test('auditNews002ImageCoverage blocks missing images and excess cards', () => {
   assert.ok(audit.violations.includes('story-image-missing'));
 });
 
+test('pruneNews002ImagelessStoryCards removes ph placeholders and empty sections', () => {
+  const html = `<!doctype html><html><body>
+<div class="masthead"><h1>每日新闻早报</h1></div>
+<div class="section" id="headlines">
+<a class="lead-card" data-event-key="k1" href="https://news.example/a">
+  <div class="media"><img src="https://cdn.example/a.jpg" alt="有图"></div>
+  <div class="body"><h3>有图头条</h3></div>
+</a>
+<a class="lead-card" data-event-key="k2" href="https://news.example/b">
+  <div class="media ph">📰</div>
+  <div class="body"><h3>无图头条</h3></div>
+</a>
+</div>
+<div class="section" id="world">
+<div class="section-title"><h2>国际</h2></div>
+<div class="card" data-event-key="k3"><div class="media ph">🌍</div><div class="body"><h3>无图国际</h3></div></div>
+</div>
+</body></html>`;
+  const result = pruneNews002ImagelessStoryCards(html);
+  assert.equal(result.removedCards, 2);
+  assert.ok(result.removedSections >= 1);
+  assert.match(result.html, /有图头条/u);
+  assert.doesNotMatch(result.html, /无图头条/u);
+  assert.doesNotMatch(result.html, /id="world"/u);
+  assert.equal(cardHasDisplayableImage('<div class="media ph">📰</div>'), false);
+});
+
+test('enrichNews002HtmlWithSourceImages drops cards when source image cannot be resolved', async () => {
+  const source = `<!doctype html><html><body><div class="masthead"></div>
+<div class="card" data-event-key="ok" href="https://news.example/ok"><h3>有图</h3>
+  <div class="source"><a href="https://news.example/ok">来源</a></div></div>
+<div class="card" data-event-key="bad" href="https://news.example/bad"><h3>无图</h3>
+  <div class="source"><a href="https://news.example/bad">来源</a></div></div>
+</body></html>`;
+  const fetchImpl = async (url) => {
+    if (String(url).includes('/ok')) {
+      return htmlResponse('<meta property="og:image" content="https://cdn.example/ok.jpg">', url);
+    }
+    return htmlResponse('<html></html>', url);
+  };
+  const result = await enrichNews002HtmlWithSourceImages(source, { fetchImpl });
+  assert.equal(result.resolvedCount, 1);
+  assert.match(result.html, /有图/u);
+  assert.doesNotMatch(result.html, /无图/u);
+  assert.doesNotMatch(result.html, /\bmedia ph\b/u);
+});
+
 test('strict news002 audit rejects legacy or incomplete template structure', () => {
   const audit = auditNews002ImageCoverage(
     '<div class="hero"></div><div class="masthead"></div>',
