Order of the State Council on the Release of the Regulations on the Administration of Printing Industry
Order of the State Council on the Release of the Regulations on the Administration of Printing Industry
Order of the State Council on the Release of the Regulations on the Administration of Printing Industry
Order of the State Council[2001] No.315
August 2,2001
Regulations on the Administration of Printing Industry was adopted at the 43rd Executive Meeting of the State Council on July 26, 2001 and is hereby promulgated, and shall enter into force on the date of promulgation.
Premier of the State Councils: Zhu RongJi
Appendix: Regulations on the Administration of Printing Industry
Chapter 1 General Provisions
Article 1 These Regulations are formulated in order to strengthen the administration of printing industry, to protect the lawful rights and interests of the operators of printing industry and the public interests of the society, and to promote the socialist spiritual civilization and material civilization.
Article 2 These Regulations apply to the operations of printing publications, printed matters of package and decoration, and other printed matters.
Publications referred to in these Regulations include newspapers, journals, books, maps, New Year pictures, pictures, wall calendars, picture albums and the binding and layout, and cover of audio and video products and electrical publications, etc.
Printed matters of package and decoration referred to in these Regulations include trademark signs, advertisement publicity material and the printed matters of paper, metal, plastic, etc, which are used as product package or decoration.
Other printed matters referred to in these Regulations include documents, data, charts, tickets, certificates, visiting cards, etc.
Operations of printing referred to in these Regulations include operational activities of typesetting, plate making, printing, binding, copying, photographic reproducing, mimeographing, etc.
Article 3 The operators of printing industry must abide by the relevant laws, regulations and rules, and stress the social benefits.
Publications, printed matters of package and decoration and other printed matters that contain reactionary, pornographic or superstitious contents and other contents publicly prohibited by state orders shall be prohibited from printing.
Article 4 The administrative department of publishing of the State Council shall be in charge of the supervision and administration of the printing industry of the whole country. The administrative departments in charge of publishing administration of the people's governments at the county level and above (hereinafter referred to as administrative departments of publishing) shall be responsible for the supervision and administration of the printing industry within their respective administrative areas.
The public security departments, administrative departments and other relevant departments of industry and commerce of the people's governments at the county level and above shall be responsible for the relevant supervision and administration of printing industry within their respective scope of duties.
Article 5 The operators of printing industry shall establish and perfect the system of printing undertaking validation, the system of printing undertaking registration, the system of printed matter keeping, the system of printed matter delivery, and the system of destroying the shopworn and defective products produced in printing activities. The specific measures shall be formulated by the administrative department of publishing of the State Council jointly with the public security department of the State Council.
If the operators find illegal and criminal acts in the printing operations, they shall report timely to the public security departments or the administrative departments of publishing.
Article 6 The social organizations of printing industry shall, under the guidance of the administrative departments of publishing, adopt self administration according to their articles of association.
Chapter 2 Establishment of Printing Enterprises
Article 7 The state adopts the license system for printing operations. No unit or individual may undertake printing operations without obtaining the license for printing operations according to these Regulations.
Article 8 The following conditions are required to be met when establishing a printing enterprise:
1. having the name and articles of association of the enterprise;
2. having definite business scope;
3. having the operating place and necessary operating conditions such as fund and equipment, etc, that meet the needs of the business scope;
4. having the organizational framework and personnel that meet the needs of the business scope; and
5. other conditions provided by the relevant laws and regulations.
When examining and approving the establishment of a printing enterprise, the planning of the state on the total number, structure and layout of printing enterprises shall be observed in addition to the provisions prescribed in the preceding paragraph.
Article 9 To establish an enterprise engaged in the operations of printing publications, printed matters of package and decoration, and other printed matters, the applicant shall apply to the administrative department of publishing of the people's government of the province, autonomous region or municipality directly under the Central Government where the enterprise is located; and among which, to establish an enterprise that especially engaged in visiting card printing, the applicant shall apply to the administrative department of the people's government at the county level where the enterprise is located. The applicant that is approved after examination may obtain the license for printing operations; and shall, according to the relevant provisions of the state and with the license for printing operations, apply to the public security department, and after being approved and obtaining the license for special industry, the applicant shall, with the license for printing operations and the license for special industry, apply for registration to the administrative department of industry and commerce, and draw the business license.
No individual may undertake the operations of printing publications, and printed matters of package and decorations; where individuals undertake the operations of printing other printed matters, they shall go through the procedures for examination and approval according to the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
Article 10 The administrative department that accepts the application for establishing an enterprise engaged in printing operations shall make the decision to approve or not within 60 days since the date of receiving the application. If the establishment application is approved, the license for printing operations shall be issued; if the establishment application is not approved, the applicant shall be notified and the reasons be explained to him.
The license for printing operations shall indicate the types of the printing operations that the printing enterprise is engaged in.
The license for printing operations shall not be sold, rent, lent or transferred through other means.
Article 11 If an operator of printing industry applies to operate concurrently or to change the printing operations of publications, printed matters of package or decoration or other printed matters, or to Attachment other operators of the printing industry to itself/himself, or to establish new operators of printing industry because of merger or division, he shall go through the procedures according to the provisions of Article 9 of these Regulations.
If the operator of printing industry changes the main registration items such as the name, legal representative or principal, domicile or operating place, etc, or terminates the printing operations, he shall change or write off the registration with the public security department and administrative department of industry and commerce that handled the registration, and shall report to the administrative department that approved the establishment for record.
Article 12 The state allows the establishment of Chinese and foreign equity joint printing enterprises, Chinese and foreign cooperative joint printing enterprises, and allows the establishment of enterprises with foreign investment engaged in the operations of printing printed matters of package and decoration.
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