Full Text: Measures for Administering the Release of News and Information in China by Foreign News Agencies
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-09-10 15:45
Article 12. Xinhua News Agency has the right to select the news and
information released by foreign news agencies in China and shall delete any
materials as specified in Article 11 of these Measures.
Article 13. To subscribe to news and information services of foreign news
agencies, a user in China shall sign a subscription agreement with a designated
entity and shall not, by any means, directly subscribe to, translate, edit or
publish the news and information released by a foreign news agency.
In using news and information from a foreign news agency, the user in China
shall clearly indicate the sources and shall not transfer them to another party
in any form.
Article 14. Foreign news agencies and designated entities shall, within the
prescribed time limit, submit reports each year to Xinhua News Agency on their
work in releasing news and information and in acting as agents respectively.
Xinhua News Agency may conduct examination and inspection on the basis of
what is reported. Only those agencies and entities that have passed the
examination and inspection are permitted to continue with their news and
information release and agency business.
Article 15. Any unit or individual has the right to report to Xinhua News
Agency any violation of these Measures. And Xinhua News Agency shall investigate
and deal with the violation according to law.
Article 16. Where a foreign news agency violates the Measures in one of the
following manners, Xinhua News Agency shall give it a warning, demand
rectification within a prescribed time limit, suspend its release of specified
content, suspend or cancel its qualifications of a foreign news agency for
releasing news and information in China, on the merits of each case:
(1) releasing news and information beyond the scope of business as approved
in the approval document;
(2) directly soliciting subscription of news and information services, or
doing so in disguised form; and
(3) distributing news and information which contains the material specified
in Article 11 of these Measures.
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