Regulations Of The People's Republic Of China On The Management Of Map Drawing And Publication (from government website)

Regulations Of The People's Republic Of China On The Management Of Map Drawing And Publication

Order of the State Council [1995] No.180

July 10, 1995

Promulgated by Decree No. 180 of the State Council of the People's Republic of China on July 10, 1995

Premier, Li Peng

Appendix: Regulations Of The People's Republic Of China On The Management Of Map Drawing And Publication

Chapter I General Provisions

Article 1 These Regulations are formulated for the purpose of strengthening control on map drawing and publication, ensuring the quality of the maps drawn up and published and maintaining national sovereignty, security and interests, in order to serve economic construction, social development and the people's livelihood.

Article 2 These Regulations shall apply to the drawing up and publication of all kinds of ordinary and specialized maps as available to the public.

Article 3 Laws and administrative regulations on confidentiality must be complied with when maps are drawn up and published.
Maps which are available to the public must not show any state secrets or restricted items.

Article 4 The administrative department responsible for surveying and mapping under the State Council shall be in charge of drawing up maps of the whole country. Other relevant departments under the State Council, according to the division of duties as stipulated by the State Council, shall be responsible for drawing up specialized maps within their own departments. The administrative department responsible for publication under the State Council in conjunction with the administrative department responsible for surveying and mapping under the State Council, shall be responsible for national map publication work.
The department responsible for drawing up and publishing maps in a province, autonomous region or municipality directly under the Central Government and its duties shall be stipulated by the people's government of the province, autonomous region or municipality directly under the Central Government.
The administration and drawing up of military maps and sea charts shall be carried out according to the regulations of the State Council and the Central Military Commission.

Chapter II Management of Map Drawing

Article 5 Anyone who draws up an ordinary map must hold the relevant surveying and mapping qualification in accordance with the Survey and Mapping Law of the People's Republic of China.
Anyone who draws up a specialized map and who needs to survey and draw up the map immediately, must hold the relevant surveying and mapping qualification according to the Survey and Mapping Law of the People's Republic of China.

Article 6 When the map contains the national borders of the People's Republic of China, the historical Chinese borders or the borders of each country in the world, the following regulations shall be complied with:
1. the national borders of the People's Republic of China shall be drawn in accordance with any border treaties, agreements, protocols and appended maps which have been signed by the People's Republic of China and the neighboring countries concerned; in cases where the People's Republic of China has still not signed a border treaty with the neighbouring country concerned, the national borders shall be drawn according to the national borders on standard specimen maps of the People's Republic of China;
2. the historical Chinese borders during the period from 1840 to the founding of the People's Republic of China shall be drawn according to the historical borders on standard specimen maps; before 1840, Chinese borders shall be drawn based on relevant historical data and according to the actual historical borders; and
3. the borders of each country in the world shall be drawn according to the standard specimen maps of the borders between the countries of the world; historical borders of each country in the world shall be drawn based on relevant historical data and according to the actual historical borders.
The standard specimen maps showing the national borders of the People's Republic of China, historical Chinese borders and the borders between the countries of the world shall be promulgated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the administrative department responsible for surveying and mapping under the State Council, and submitted to the State Council for approval for issue.

Article 7 When the map contains the boundaries of the administrative area of a province, autonomous region or municipality directly under the Central Government of the People's Republic of China, the following regulations shall be complied with:
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