Public security, taxation, industry and commerce administration and other relevant departments shall, in accordance with their statutory duties, supervise and manage relevant publishing activities within their respective administrative areas. Article 4 The establishment of a publishing entity must meet the conditions stipulated in the Regulations on the Administration of Publishing in the State Council, and its organizer shall apply to the publishing administrative department of the provincial people's government; The publishing administrative department of the provincial people's government shall, after examination and approval in accordance with legal procedures, report to the publishing administrative department of the State Council for examination and approval. If the publishing unit established is a public institution, it shall also go through the formalities for examination and approval of institutional establishment. Article 5 A publishing entity shall designate a person in charge and a sponsor, who shall be responsible for leading and supervising the publishing activities of its publishing entity according to law and ensuring the normal publication, printing, production, reproduction and distribution of publications. Article 6 A publishing entity shall publish publications in accordance with its purpose of running a cooperative and the scope of professional division of labor, and shall not go beyond the scope without authorization.
Publishing houses shall not publish serials without authorization, and newspapers and periodicals shall not publish books or other newspapers and periodicals in disguised form with newspaper registration numbers. The publication of a supplement that conforms to the purpose of this journal must be approved by the publishing administrative department of the provincial people's government. The publication of supplements that meet the purpose of this journal must be reported to the publishing administrative department of the provincial people's government for the record.
Newspapers, periodicals and books published by publishing houses shall not infringe the copyright of others. Article 7 Books publicly issued shall be published by publishing units established according to law. Among them, if the content needs special approval according to the regulations, it must be approved by the relevant competent department in advance. Article 8 When publishing books, a publishing house shall submit a topic selection plan to the publishing administrative department of the provincial people's government in advance in accordance with the relevant provisions of the state.
The publication of books that should be specially declared according to the provisions of the state must be submitted with a special application in addition to the topic selection plan, and can only be published after the publication administrative department of the provincial people's government reports to the the State Council publication administrative department for the record.
The administrative department of publication of the provincial people's government is responsible for the supervision and inspection of the implementation of the publishing house's topic selection plan. Article 9 Internal informational publications used for internal guidance and information exchange of systems, industries and units shall be implemented in accordance with relevant state regulations. Article 10 Units engaged in the printing or reproduction of publications shall apply to the administrative department of publication of the provincial people's government, obtain the printing license of publications according to law, and go through the relevant formalities with the administrative department for industry and commerce in accordance with the relevant provisions of the state before engaging in the printing or reproduction of publications. Article 11 When printing books published by provincial publishing houses, a printing unit shall have a Power of Attorney, a distribution list and a printing list issued by the publishing house.
The printing unit shall sign a contract according to the newspaper registration certificate when printing newspapers and periodicals published by the newspaper and periodical agency of this province; In this province, the supplement and layout of newspapers and periodicals shall be printed with the approval documents of the administrative department of publication of the provincial people's government.
Printing units that print newspapers, periodicals and books from other provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government) must hold a record certificate issued by the publishing administrative department of the people's government of our province.
The undertaking printing unit shall not sell, print without authorization or accept the publication commissioned by a third party, and shall not print the publication illegally. Article 12 An issuing unit engaged in the wholesale business of newspapers, periodicals and books shall apply to the administrative department for industry and commerce for a business license, and may engage in the wholesale business of newspapers, periodicals and books only after being approved by the publishing administrative department of the provincial people's government.
Units and individuals engaged in the retail business of newspapers, periodicals and books shall apply to the administrative department for industry and commerce for a business license, and may engage in the retail business of publications only after being approved by the publishing administrative department of the people's government at the county level.
The distribution of newspapers and periodicals by postal enterprises shall be handled in accordance with the provisions of the Postal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC). Article 13 The publishing administrative department shall inform the parties concerned of the written materials required for applying for permission or approval at one time. Fourteenth units and individuals engaged in publication distribution business shall not purchase goods from non-publication publishing units. Fifteenth without the approval of the administrative department of publishing, no unit or individual may subscribe to newspapers, periodicals and books.
No unit or individual may sell or rent newspapers, periodicals and books published by non-publishing units or prohibited by the smuggling country.
No unit may raise prices, force or disguise the sale and apportionment of various publications. Sixteenth publications wholesale, retail and rental units shall go through the relevant formalities at the original examination and approval authority when they close down, change jobs or change the original registered items. Seventeenth acts in violation of the provisions, shall be punished in accordance with the relevant provisions of the "Regulations" of the State Council.