Public security, taxation, market supervision and management 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 the organizer shall apply to the provincial press and publication administrative department; The provincial administrative department of press and publication shall, after examination and approval in accordance with legal procedures, report to the administrative department of publishing in 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 provincial press and publication administrative department. The publication of supplements consistent with the purpose of this journal must be reported to the provincial press and publication management department 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 provincial press and publication administrative department in advance in accordance with the relevant provisions of the state.
The publication of books that should be declared specially according to the provisions of the state, in addition to submitting the topic selection plan, must also make a special application, and can only be published after the provincial press and publication management department reports to the the State Council publishing administrative department for the record.
The provincial press and publication administrative department is responsible for the supervision and inspection of the implementation of the publishing house's topic selection plan. Article 9 The internal information publications used by this system, this industry and this unit for guiding work and exchanging information shall be implemented in accordance with the relevant provisions of the state. Article 10 A unit engaged in the printing or reproduction of publications shall apply to the provincial administrative department of press and publication, obtain a license for printing publications according to law, and go through the relevant formalities with the market supervision and administration department 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; The supplement and layout of newspapers and periodicals printed in this province shall have the approval documents of the provincial press and publication administration department.
Printing units that print newspapers, periodicals and books from other provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government) must have a record certificate issued by the administrative department of press and publication 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 A distribution unit that engages in the wholesale business of newspapers, periodicals and books shall be approved by the provincial press and publication administrative department and obtain the Publishing Business License before engaging in the wholesale business of newspapers, periodicals and books.
Units and individual industrial and commercial households engaged in the retail business of newspapers, periodicals and books may engage in the retail business of publications only after they have been approved by the administrative department of press and publication at the county level and obtained the Business License for Publications.
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 of the written materials needed 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. Article 18 the staff of the publishing administrative department must abide by the law and act impartially; Those who abuse their powers and neglect their duties shall be given administrative sanctions according to law; If a crime is constituted, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law.