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 Fixes <issue-or-jira-number>
 
+Make sure to target release-50 branch if this PR is intended to fix the issues for the release candidate.
+
 ## PR Checklist
 Please convert it to a draft if any of the following conditions are not met. Reviewers may skip over until all the items are checked:
 
 - [ ] Added tests for the changes
 - [ ] Changed lines covered in coverage report
-- [ ] Change log has been added to `changes/{ce,ee}/(feat|perf|fix)-<PR-id>.en.md` and `.zh.md` files
+- [ ] Change log has been added to `changes/{ce,ee}/(feat|perf|fix)-<PR-id>.en.md` files
 - [ ] For internal contributor: there is a jira ticket to track this change
 - [ ] If there should be document changes, a PR to emqx-docs.git is sent, or a jira ticket is created to follow up
 - [ ] Schema changes are backward compatible