Provisions for the administration of printing of printed matter

Chapter I General rules

Article 1 These provisions are formulated in accordance with the Regulations on the Administration of Printing Industry in order to standardize the printing business operations of printing industry operators, improve the management system for undertaking printed matter, and promote the healthy development of printing industry.

Article 2 The printing operators engaged in printing business activities shall establish and improve the printing verification system, the printing registration system, the storage system of printed matter, the delivery system of printed matter, the destruction system of defective products in printing activities and other management systems.

Article 3 Operators of printing industry shall designate special persons to be responsible for the implementation of various management systems such as verification of printing, registration of printing, storage of printed matter, delivery of printed matter, destruction of defective products of printing activities, strictly check and file for inspection.

Article 4 The legal representative or the main person in charge of the printing business operator shall be responsible for the organization and implementation of various management systems of the enterprise and the unit.

Article 5 The administrative departments responsible for the administration of publication under the local people's governments at or above the county level (hereinafter referred to as the administrative departments of publication) and the public security departments shall guide the printing operators in their respective administrative areas to establish various management systems, and shall be responsible for supervising and inspecting the implementation of various management systems for printing operators.

Article 6 Operators of the printing industry shall promptly report to the local public security department and the administrative department of publication when they find any illegal or criminal acts in the printing business activities.

Chapter II stamp verification system

Article 7 When a printing operator accepts the commissioning of printing various printed matter, it shall, in accordance with the Regulations on the Administration of the Printing Industry and other regulations and rules, verify the certification documents of the printing commission unit and the printer, and keep the corresponding copies for reference.

The certifying documents referred to in the preceding paragraph include printing power of attorney or printing certificate, verification, Publication License, Trademark Registration Certificate, registered trademark pattern, registered trademark license contract, advertising qualification certificate, business license and the qualification certificate of the committer.

Article 8 A printing enterprise that accepts the commission to print books and periodicals must verify and keep the original Power of Attorney for Printing Books and periodicals, which is uniformly printed by the publishing administrative department of The State Council and printed by the publishing administrative department of the people's government of the province, autonomous region or municipality directly under the Central Government and affixed with the official seal of the publishing unit.

The Power of Authorization for the printing of books and periodicals shall be affixed with the special seal for the record of the publishing administrative department of the province, autonomous region or municipality directly under the Central Government where the publishing unit is located and the publishing administrative department of the province, autonomous region or municipality directly under the Central Government where the printing enterprise is located.

Article 9 A printing enterprise that accepts the commissioning of printing newspapers must verify the "Newspaper Publication License" uniformly produced by the publishing administrative department of The State Council and issued by the publishing administrative department of the people's government of a province, autonomous region or municipality directly under the Central Government, and keep the photocopy of the "Newspaper Publication License".

Where a printing enterprise accepts the commissioning of printing additional editions or supplements of newspapers or periodicals, it must also verify and keep the documents approved by the administrative department of publication under The State Council for the publication of the additional editions or supplements.

Article 10 Where the procedures of typesetting, platemaking, printing (including reprinting, additional printing) and binding of a commissioned printing publication are different from the same printing enterprise, the publishing unit must issue a Book and periodical printing Mandate to each commissioned printing enterprise.

Article 11 A printing enterprise that accepts the commission to print internal information publications must verify and keep the "Verification of Internal Information Publications" uniformly printed by the publishing administrative department of the people's government of the province, autonomous region or municipality directly under the Central Government and issued by the publishing administrative department of the local people's government at or above the county level.