Provisions on the Administration of Internet News Information Services (Chinese Text and CECC Full Translation)

Issuer: 
Ministry of Information Industry, State Council Information Office

中文版


The following is a translation by CECC staff of the Provisions on the Administration of Internet News Information Services, promulgated by the State Council Information Office and the Ministry of Information Industry on September 25, 2005. The Chinese text was retrieved from the Xinhua Web site on June 6, 2006.
 

Provisions on the Administration of Internet News Information Services

Chapter I. General Provisions

Article 1. These rules have been formulated in order to regulate Internet News Information Service, satisfy the demands of the public with respect to Internet News Information , safeguard national security and the public interest, protect the legal rights of Internet News Information Services, and promote the healthy and orderly development of Internet News Information Services.

Article 2. Internet News Information Services operating within the borders of the People's Republic of China shall abide by these Rules.

As used in these Rules, News Information refers to current events news information, and includes reporting and commentary relating to politics, economics, military affairs, foreign affairs, and social and public affairs, as well as reporting and commentary relating to fast-breaking social events.

As used in these Rules, Internet News Information Service includes the use of the Internet to post News Information and provide current event electronic bulletin services, and transmit to the public current event news report information.

Article 3. Internet News Information Service Work Units that engage in Internet News Information Service shall abide by the Constitution, laws, and regulations, persist in being oriented toward serving the people and serving socialism, persist in correctly guiding public opinion, and safeguard the nation's interests and the public interest.

The nation encourages Internet News Information Service work units to disseminate healthy and civilized News Information that is conducive to raising the quality of the nation, promoting economic development, and spurring social progress.

Article 4. The State Council Information Office is responsible for the work of supervising and administering Internet News Information Services for the entire nation. The People's Government information offices in provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the central government shall be responsible for the work of supervising and administering Internet News Information Services within their respective administrative regions.

Chapter II. Establishment of Internet News Information Service Work Units

Article 5. There are three types of Internet News Information Service Work Units:

(1) Internet News Information Service Work Units that are established by News Work Units and that post News Information beyond that which that work unit has already published or broadcasted, provide current event electronic bulletin services, and transmit to the public current event news report information;
(2) Internet News Information Service Work Units that are established by non-News Work Units and that reprint News Information, provide current event electronic bulletin services, and transmit to the public current event news report information;
(3) Internet News Information Service Work Units that are established by News Work Units and that post News Information which that work unit has already published or broadcasted.

In accordance with the Decision of the State Council Establishing Administration Examination and Approval Matters That Must Remain Subject to Administrative Permits and relevant administrative regulations, the establishment of Internet News Information Service Work Units provided for in paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) of the foregoing clause shall be subject to examination and approval by the State Council Information Office.

The establishment of Internet News Information Service Work Units provided for in paragraph (3) of clause 1 of this Article shall be subject to registration with the State Council Information Office or the People's Government information offices in provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the central government.

Article 6. For News Work Units and non-News Work Units that jointly establish Internet News Information Service Work Units, if the News Work Unit owns no less than 51 percent of the shares, it shall be deemed an Internet News Information Service Work Units established by a News Work Unit; if the News Work Unit owns less than 51 percent of the shares, it shall be deemed an Internet News Information Service Work Units established by a non-News Work Unit.

Article 7. Internet News Information Service Work Units established under paragraph (1) of clause 1, Article 5 of these Rules shall possess the following qualifications:

(1) Have complete Internet News Information Service administration rules;
(2) Have at least five full-time news editorial personnel with at least three years experience engaged in news work at a News Work Unit.
(3) Have such facilities, equipment, and capital as are necessary, and such capital shall be from a legal source.

Agencies that may apply to establish Internet News Information Service Work Units under the foregoing clause shall be Central News Work Units, News Work Units of the provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the central government, and News Work Units directly under the municipalities of the provinces' and autonomous regions' People's Governments.

The examination and approval of Internet News Information Service Work Units under clause 1 of this Article shall, in addition to being in accordance with the conditions set forth in these Rules, also comply with the State Council Information Office's quantity, structure, and distribution requirements for Internet News Information Service Work Units.

Article 8. Internet News Information Service Work Units established under paragraph (2) of clause 1, Article 5 of these Rules shall, in addition to meeting the conditions set forth in paragraph (1) and paragraph (3) of clause 1, Article 7 of these Rules, also have at least ten or more full-time news editorial personnel, and among these, at least five shall be news editorial personnel with at least three years experience engaged in news work at a News Work Unit.

Organizations that may apply to establish Internet News Information Service Work Units under the foregoing clause shall be legal persons engaged in Internet News Information Service that have been legally established for at least two years, and which in the preceding two years have not been subject to administrative sanctions for violation of any laws, regulations, or rules relating to the administration of Internet News Information Service; applicant organizations shall be enterprise legal persons, with a registered capital of no less than 10,000,000 yuan.

The examination and approval of Internet News Information Service Work Units under clause 1 of this Article shall, in addition to complying with the conditions set for in these Rules, also comply with the State Council Information Office's quantity, structure, and distribution requirements for Internet News Information Service Work Units.

Article 9. No organization may establish an Internet News Information Service Work Unit operated by a sino-foreign joint venture, sino-foreign cooperative venture, or wholly foreign owned venture.

Internet News Information Service Work Units that cooperate with a sino-foreign joint venture, sino-foreign cooperative venture, or wholly foreign owned venture within China or abroad to engage in an enterprise involving an Internet News Information Service shall report to the State Council Information Office and carry out a security evaluation.

Article 10. Applicants to establish Internet News Information Service Work Units under paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) of clause 1, Article 5 of these Rules shall fill out an application and registration form, and shall submit the following materials:

(1) Complete Internet News Information Service administration rules;
(2) Proof of property rights or usage rights for facilities, and proof of the source and amount of capital.
(3) Proof of professional qualification of news editorial personnel.

Agencies applying to establish Internet News Information Service Work Units under paragraph (1) of clause 1, Article 5 of these Rules shall also submit proof of qualification as a News Work Unit; and Organizations applying to establish Internet News Information Service Work Units under paragraph (2) of clause 1, Article 5 of these Rules shall also submit proof of qualification as a legal person.

Article 11. Applicants to establish Internet News Information Service Work Units under paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) of clause 1, Article 5 of these Rules shall, in the case of Central News Work Units, submit their application to the State Council Information Office; and in the case of News Work Units of the provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the central government, News Work Units directly under the municipalities of the provinces' and autonomous regions' People's Governments, and non-News Work Units, submit their application to the State Council Information Office through the People's Government information office in their local province, autonomous region, or municipality directly under the central government.

For an application made through a provincial, autonomous region, and municipality directly under the central government People's Government information office, the provincial, autonomous region, and municipality directly under the central government People's Government information office should carry out an on-site inspection within 20 days of receipt of the application, and provide a preliminary opinion report to the State Council Information Office; the State Council Information Office shall make a decision within 40 days of receipt of the preliminary opinion. For an application made to the State Council Information Office, the State Council Information Office should carry out an on-site inspection and make a decision within 40 days of receipt of the application. Those which are approved shall be issued an Internet News Information Service License; those which are rejected shall have the applicant be notified in writing and explained the reason.

Article 12. Internet News Information Service Work Units established under paragraph (3), clause 1 of Article 5 of these Rules shall, in the case of those established by Central News Work Units, within one month from the day they commence engaging in Internet News Information Service, register with the State Council Information Office; and in the case of those established by other News Work Units, within one month from the day they commence engaging in Internet News Information Service, register with the People's Government information office in their local province, autonomous region, or municipality directly under the central government.

Those undertaking registration shall fill out a registration form, and submit a complete set of Internet News Information Service administration rules and proof of qualification as a News Work Unit.

Article 13. After an Internet News Information Service Work Unit has been established in accordance with these Rules, it shall undertake relevant procedures with the department responsible for telecommunications in accordance with administrative regulations relevant to the administration of Internet information services.

Article 14. Internet News Information Service Work Units under paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) of clause 1, Article 5 of these Rules that change their name, location, legal representative or other primary responsible person, shareholding structure, service items, Web site address or other items, shall apply to the State Council Information Office to exchange their Internet News Information Service License. In accordance with relevant rules of the department responsible for telecommunications, those required to report to the department responsible for telecommunications for permission or required to undertake licensing or registration modification procedures with the department responsible for telecommunications, shall undertake them in accordance with relevant rules.

Internet News Information Service Work Units under paragraph (3) of clause 1, Article 5 of these Rules that change their name, location, legal representative or other primary responsible person, shareholding structure, Web site address or other items, shall re-register with their original registering agency; however, if after the shareholding structure has changed the News Work Unit owns less than 51 percent of the shares, it shall carry out licensing procedures in accordance with these Rules. In accordance with relevant rules of the department responsible for telecommunications,  those required to report to the department responsible for telecommunications for permission or required to undertake licensing or registration modification procedures with the department responsible for telecommunications, shall undertake them in accordance with relevant rules.

Chapter III. Regulation of Internet News Information Service

Article 15. Internet News Information Service Work Units shall provide Internet News Information Service in accordance with the service items for which they have been checked and ratified.

Article 16. Internet News Information Service Work Units established under paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) of clause 1, Article 5 of these Rules that reprint News Information or that transmit to the public current event news report information, shall reprint and transmit News Information issued by Central News Work Units and News Work Units directly under the provinces, autonomous regions, or municipalities directly under the central government, and shall clearly denote the source of News Information, and may not distort the contents of the original News Information.

Internet News Information Service Work Units established under paragraph (2) of clause 1, Article 5 of these Rules may not post News Information they have gathered and edited themselves.

Article 17. Internet News Information Service Work Units under paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) of clause 1, Article 5 of these Rules that reprint News Information shall sign written agreements with the Central News Work Units and News Work Units directly under the provincial, autonomous region, or municipality directly under the central government. Internet News Information Service Work Units established by Central News Work Units shall register a copy of these agreements with the State Council Information Office; and other Internet News Information Service Work Units shall register their agreements with the People's Government information offices in their local province, autonomous region, or municipality directly under the central government.

Central News Work Units or News Work Units directly under provinces, autonomous regions, or municipalities directly under the central government that sign agreements stipulated under the preceding clause shall check the other party's Internet News Information Service License, and may not provide News Information to work units that do not have an Internet News Information Service License.

Article 18. Central News Work Units that engage in a cooperative Internet news enterprise with an Internet News Information Service Work Units under paragraph (2) of clause 1, Article 5 of these Rules for anything other than the provision of articles shall, ten days prior to engaging in such a cooperative enterprise, report to the State Council Information Office. Other News Work Units that engage in a cooperative Internet news enterprise with an Internet News Information Service Work Units under paragraph (2) of clause 1, Article 5 of these Rules for anything other than the provision of articles shall, ten days prior to engaging in such a cooperative enterprise, report to the People's Government information offices in their local province, autonomous region, or municipality directly under the central government.

Article 19. Neither the News Information posted or transmitted, nor the current event electronic bulletin service provided, by Internet News Information Service Work Units may include any of the following content:

(1) violating the basic principles as they are confirmed in the Constitution;
(2) jeopardizing the security of the nation, divulging state secrets, subverting of the national regime or jeopardizing the integrity of the nation's unity;
(3) harming the honor or the interests of the nation;
(4) inciting hatred against peoples, racism against peoples, or disrupting the solidarity of peoples;
(5) disrupting national policies on religion, propagating evil cults and feudal superstitions;
(6) spreading rumors, disturbing social order, or disrupting social stability;
(7) spreading obscenity, pornography, gambling, violence, terror, or abetting the commission of a crime;
(8) insulting or defaming third parties, infringing on the legal rights and interests of third parties;
(9) inciting illegal assemblies, associations, marches, demonstrations, or gatherings that disturb social order;
(10) conducting activities in the name of an illegal civil organization; and
(11) any other content prohibited by law or rules.

Article 20. Internet News Information Service Work Units shall establish a News Information content administration responsibility system. They may not post or transmit News Information with contents that violate clause 1 of  Article 3 or Article 19 of these Rules; and if they discover that a current event electronic service has provided any content that violates Article 3, clause 1, or Article 19 of these Rules, they shall immediately delete it, retain relevant records, and provide them to relevant departments upon an inquiry made in accordance with the law.

Article 21. Internet News Information Service Work Units shall record the contents and the time and Internet address of all News Information they post and transmit, and record backups shall be maintained for at least 60 days, and shall be provided to relevant departments upon an inquiry made in accordance with the law.

Chapter IV. Supervision and Administration

Article 22. The State Council Information Office and the People's Government information offices in the provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the central government shall carry out supervision inspections of Internet News Information Service Work Units in accordance with the law, and relevant work units and individuals shall provide assistance.

The personnel of the State Council Information Office and the People's Government information offices in the provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the central government shall, when carrying out on-site inspections in accordance with the law, produce law enforcement credentials.

Article 23. The State Council Information Office and the People's Government information offices in the provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the central government shall carry out supervision of Internet News Information Service; if they discover an Internet News Information Service Work Unit has posted or transmitted News Information, or provided a current event electronic bulletin service with contents that violate clause 1 of Article 3 or Article 19 of these Rules, they shall notify it to delete it. The Internet News Information Service Work Unit shall immediately delete it, retain relevant records, and provide them to relevant departments upon an inquiry made in accordance with the law.

Article 24. Internet News Information Service Work Units established under paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) of clause 1, Article 5 of these Rules shall, in the case of those established by Central News Work Units, every year within a fixed period submit an annual enterprise report to the State Council Information Office; and in the case of those established by other News Work Units and non-News Work Units, every year within a fixed period submit an annual enterprise report to the People's Government information office in their local province, autonomous region, or municipality directly under the central government.

The State Council Information Office may, if the reporting circumstances warrant, carry out an examination of Internet News Information Service Work Units' administrative systems, human resources, service content, etc.

Article 25. Internet News Information Service Work Units shall accept the supervision of public.

The State Council Information Office shall promulgate a reporting Web site address and telephone number, and accept the public's reports and handle them in accordance with the law; with respect to those reports that are within the scope of another department's responsibility, they shall be transferred to the relevant department for handling.

Chapter V. Legal Duties

Article 26. Anyone who, in violation of clause 2, Article 5 of these Rules, engages in Internet News Information Service without authorization, or who, in violation of Article 15 of these Rules, exceeds the scope of the service items for which they have been checked and ratified and engages in Internet News Information Service, shall be ordered to cease all illegal activities and fined more than 10,000 yuan and less than 30,000 yuan by the State Council Information Office or the People's Government information office in the province, autonomous region, and municipality directly under the central government, in accordance with their respective official powers; if the circumstances are severe, the department responsible for telecommunications shall, in accordance with a written determination of the State Council Information Office or the People's Government information office in the province, autonomous region, and municipality directly under the central government, on the basis of the stipulations of relevant Internet information service supervision administrative regulations, terminate the Internet information service or order the Internet access service to terminate access services.

Article 27. If the News Information an Internet News Information Service Work Units posts or transmits includes contents prohibited under Article 19 of these Rules, or if they refuse to carry out their duty to delete, they shall be given a warning by the State Council Information Office or the People's Government information office in the province, autonomous region, and municipality directly under the central government, and may be subject to a fine of more than 10,000 yuan and less than 30,000 yuan; if the circumstances are severe, the department responsible for telecommunications shall, in accordance with written determination of the State Council Information Office or the People's Government information office in the province, autonomous region, and municipality directly under the central government, on the basis of the stipulations of relevant Internet information service supervision administrative regulations, terminate the Internet information service or order the Internet access service to terminate access services.

If the News Information an Internet News Information Service Work Unit posts or transmits includes contents prohibited under clause 1, Article 3 of these Rules, the State Council Information Office or the People's Government information office in the province, autonomous region, and municipality directly under the central government shall, in accordance with their respective official powers, impose sanctions of the kind and scope stipulated in the foregoing clause.

Article 28. Anyone violating Article 16 of these Rules and reprinting News Information from an illegal source or publishing News Information they have gathered and edited themselves or distorting the origin of the contents of News Information, shall be ordered to make corrections, issued a warning, and fined more than 5,000 yuan and less than 30,000 yuan by the State Council Information Office or the People's Government information office in the province, autonomous region, and municipality directly under the central government, in accordance with their respective official powers.

Anyone violating Article 16 of these Rules and failing to clearly denote the source of News Information shall be ordered to make corrections and given a warning by the State Council Information Office or the People's Government information office in the province, autonomous region, and municipality directly under the central government, in accordance with their respective official powers, and may be subject to a fine of more than 5,000 yuan and less than 20,000 yuan.

Article 29. Anyone committing any of the violations of these Rules listed below shall be ordered to make corrections and given a warning by the State Council Information Office or the People's Government information office in the province, autonomous region, and municipality directly under the central government, in accordance with their respective official powers,  and may be subject to a fine of less than 30,000 yuan:

(1) Failing to carry out registration duties;
(2) Failing to carry out reporting duties;
(3) Failing to carry out record keeping, record retention, or provision duties.

Article 30. In case of a violation of clause 2 of Article 17 of these Rules, where News Information is provided to a work unit that does not have an Internet News Information Service License, the responsible manager and other directly responsible employees shall be subject to administrative sanction in accordance with the law.

Article 31. Personnel of the State Council Information Office, the People's Government information office in the province, autonomous region, and municipality directly under the central government, and the department responsible for telecommunications who are derelict in their duty, abuse their authority, engage in favoritism, where it has serious consequences and constitutes a crime, shall be punished for criminal responsibility in accordance with the law; and where it does not constitute a crime, the responsible manager and other directly responsible employees shall be subject to administrative sanction.

Chapter VI. Supplementary Articles

Article 32. As used in these Rules, News Work Units refers to newspaper publishers, radio stations, television stations, and wire services that have been established in accordance with the law; among these, Central News Work Units includes the News Work Units established by the central national agencies and ministries.

Article 33. These Rules shall be implemented from the date of their promulgation.


互联网新闻信息服务管理规定

互联网新闻信息服务管理规定

  新华网北京9月25日电 国务院新闻办公室、信息产业部25日联合发布《互联网新闻信息服务管理规定》,全文如下:

互联网新闻信息服务管理规定

第一章 总 则

第一条 为了规范互联网新闻信息服务,满足公众对互联网新闻信息的需求,维护国家安全和公共利益,保护互联网新闻信息服务单位的合法权益,促进互联网新闻信息服务健康、有序发展,制定本规定。

第二条 在中华人民共和国境内从事互联网新闻信息服务,应当遵守本规定。

本规定所称新闻信息,是指时政类新闻信息,包括有关政治、经济、军事、外交等社会公共事务的报道、评论,以及有关社会突发事件的报道、评论。

本规定所称互联网新闻信息服务,包括通过互联网登载新闻信息、提供时政类电子公告服务和向公众发送时政类通讯信息。

第三条 互联网新闻信息服务单位从事互联网新闻信息服务,应当遵守宪法、法律和法规,坚持为人民服务、为社会主义服务的方向,坚持正确的舆论导向,维护国家利益和公共利益。

国家鼓励互联网新闻信息服务单位传播有益于提高民族素质、推动经济发展、促进社会进步的健康、文明的新闻信息。

第四条 国务院新闻办公室主管全国的互联网新闻信息服务监督管理工作。省、自治区、直辖市人民政府新闻办公室负责本行政区域内的互联网新闻信息服务监督管理工作。

第二章 互联网新闻信息服务单位的设立

第五条 互联网新闻信息服务单位分为以下三类:

(一)新闻单位设立的登载超出本单位已刊登播发的新闻信息、提供时政类电子公告服务、向公众发送时政类通讯信息的互联网新闻信息服务单位;

(二)非新闻单位设立的转载新闻信息、提供时政类电子公告服务、向公众发送时政类通讯信息的互联网新闻信息服务单位;

(三)新闻单位设立的登载本单位已刊登播发的新闻信息的互联网新闻信息服务单位。

根据《国务院对确需保留的行政审批项目设定行政许可的决定》和有关行政法规,设立前款第(一)项、第(二)项规定的互联网新闻信息服务单位,应当经国务院新闻办公室审批。

设立本条第一款第(三)项规定的互联网新闻信息服务单位,应当向国务院新闻办公室或者省、自治区、直辖市人民政府新闻办公室备案。

第六条 新闻单位与非新闻单位合作设立互联网新闻信息服务单位,新闻单位拥有的股权不低于51%的,视为新闻单位设立互联网新闻信息服务单位;新闻单位拥有的股权低于51%的,视为非新闻单位设立互联网新闻信息服务单位。

第七条 设立本规定第五条第一款第(一)项规定的互联网新闻信息服务单位,应当具备下列条件:

(一)有健全的互联网新闻信息服务管理规章制度;

(二)有5名以上在新闻单位从事新闻工作3年以上的专职新闻编辑人员;

(三)有必要的场所、设备和资金,资金来源应当合法。

可以申请设立前款规定的互联网新闻信息服务单位的机构,应当是中央新闻单位,省、自治区、直辖市直属新闻单位,以及省、自治区人民政府所在地的市直属新闻单位。

审批设立本条第一款规定的互联网新闻信息服务单位,除应当依照本条规定条件外,还应当符合国务院新闻办公室关于互联网新闻信息服务行业发展的总量、结构、布局的要求。

第八条 设立本规定第五条第一款第(二)项规定的互联网新闻信息服务单位,除应当具备本规定第七条第一款第(一)项、第(三)项规定条件外,还应当有10名以上专职新闻编辑人员;其中,在新闻单位从事新闻工作3年以上的新闻编辑人员不少于5名。

可以申请设立前款规定的互联网新闻信息服务单位的组织,应当是依法设立2年以上的从事互联网信息服务的法人,并在最近2年内没有因违反有关互联网信息服务管理的法律、法规、规章的规定受到行政处罚;申请组织为企业法人的,注册资本应当不低于1000万元人民币。

审批设立本条第一款规定的互联网新闻信息服务单位,除应当依照本条规定条件外,还应当符合国务院新闻办公室关于互联网新闻信息服务行业发展的总量、结构、布局的要求。

第九条 任何组织不得设立中外合资经营、中外合作经营和外资经营的互联网新闻信息服务单位。

互联网新闻信息服务单位与境内外中外合资经营、中外合作经营和外资经营的企业进行涉及互联网新闻信息服务业务的合作,应当报经国务院新闻办公室进行安全评估。

第十条 申请设立本规定第五条第一款第(一)项、第(二)项规定的互联网新闻信息服务单位,应当填写申请登记表,并提交下列材料:

(一)互联网新闻信息服务管理规章制度;

(二)场所的产权证明或者使用权证明和资金的来源、数额证明;

(三)新闻编辑人员的从业资格证明。

申请设立本规定第五条第一款第(一)项规定的互联网新闻信息服务单位的机构,还应当提交新闻单位资质证明;申请设立本规定第五条第一款第(二)项规定的互联网新闻信息服务单位的组织,还应当提交法人资格证明。

第十一条 申请设立本规定第五条第一款第(一)项、第(二)项规定的互联网新闻信息服务单位,中央新闻单位应当向国务院新闻办公室提出申请;省、自治区、直 辖市直属新闻单位和省、自治区人民政府所在地的市直属新闻单位以及非新闻单位应当通过所在地省、自治区、直辖市人民政府新闻办公室向国务院新闻办公室提出 申请。

通过省、自治区、直辖市人民政府新闻办公室提出申请的,省、自治区、直辖市人民政府新闻办公室应当自收到申请之日起20日内进行实地检查,提出初审意见报 国务院新闻办公室;国务院新闻办公室应当自收到初审意见之日起40 日内作出决定。向国务院新闻办公室提出申请的,国务院新闻办公室应当自收到申请之日起40 日内进行实地检查,作出决定。批准的,发给互联网新闻信息服务许可证;不批准的,应当书面通知申请人并说明理由。

第十二条 本规定第五条第一款第(三)项规定的互联网新闻信息服务单位,属于中央新闻单位设立的,应当自从事互联网新闻信息服务之日起1个月内向国务院新 闻办公室备案;属于其他新闻单位设立的,应当自从事互联网新闻信息服务之日起1个月内向所在地省、自治区、直辖市人民政府新闻办公室备案。

办理备案时,应当填写备案登记表,并提交互联网新闻信息服务管理规章制度和新闻单位资质证明。

第十三条 互联网新闻信息服务单位依照本规定设立后,应当依照有关互联网信息服务管理的行政法规向电信主管部门办理有关手续。

第十四条 本规定第五条第一款第(一)项、第(二)项规定的互联网新闻信息服务单位变更名称、住所、法定代表人或者主要负责人、股权构成、服务项目、网站网 址等事项的,应当向国务院新闻办公室申请换发互联网新闻信息服务许可证。根据电信管理的有关规定,需报电信主管部门批准或者需要电信主管部门办理许可证或 者备案变更手续的,依照有关规定办理。

本规定第五条第一款第(三)项规定的互联网新闻信息服务单位变更名称、住所、法定代表人或者主要负责人、股权构成、网站网址等事项的,应当向原备案机关重 新备案;但是,股权构成变更后,新闻单位拥有的股权低于51%的,应当依照本规定办理许可手续。根据电信管理的有关规定,需报电信主管部门批准或者需要电 信主管部门办理许可证或者备案变更手续的,依照有关规定办理。

第三章 互联网新闻信息服务规范

第十五条 互联网新闻信息服务单位应当按照核定的服务项目提供互联网新闻信息服务。

第十六条 本规定第五条第一款第(一)项、第(二)项规定的互联网新闻信息服务单位,转载新闻信息或者向公众发送时政类通讯信息,应当转载、发送中央新闻单位或者省、自治区、直辖市直属新闻单位发布的新闻信息,并应当注明新闻信息来源,不得歪曲原新闻信息的内容。

本规定第五条第一款第(二)项规定的互联网新闻信息服务单位,不得登载自行采编的新闻信息。

第十七条 本规定第五条第一款第(一)项、第(二)项规定的互联网新闻信息服务单位转载新闻信息,应当与中央新闻单位或者省、自治区、直辖市直属新闻单位签 订书面协议。中央新闻单位设立的互联网新闻信息服务单位,应当将协议副本报国务院新闻办公室备案;其他互联网新闻信息服务单位,应当将协议副本报所在地 省、自治区、直辖市人民政府新闻办公室备案。

中央新闻单位或者省、自治区、直辖市直属新闻单位签订前款规定的协议,应当核验对方的互联网新闻信息服务许可证,不得向没有互联网新闻信息服务许可证的单位提供新闻信息。

第十八条 中央新闻单位与本规定第五条第一款第(二)项规定的互联网新闻信息服务单位开展除供稿之外的互联网新闻业务合作,应当在开展合作业务10日前向国 务院新闻办公室报告;其他新闻单位与本规定第五条第一款第(二)项规定的互联网新闻信息服务单位开展除供稿之外的互联网新闻业务合作,应当在开展合作业务 10日前向所在地省、自治区、直辖市人民政府新闻办公室报告。

第十九条 互联网新闻信息服务单位登载、发送的新闻信息或者提供的时政类电子公告服务,不得含有下列内容:

(一)违反宪法确定的基本原则的;

(二)危害国家安全,泄露国家秘密,颠覆国家政权,破坏国家统一的;

(三)损害国家荣誉和利益的;

(四)煽动民族仇恨、民族歧视,破坏民族团结的;

(五)破坏国家宗教政策,宣扬邪教和封建迷信的;

(六)散布谣言,扰乱社会秩序,破坏社会稳定的;

(七)散布淫秽、色情、赌博、暴力、恐怖或者教唆犯罪的;

(八)侮辱或者诽谤他人,侵害他人合法权益的;

(九)煽动非法集会、结社、游行、示威、聚众扰乱社会秩序的;

(十)以非法民间组织名义活动的;

(十一)含有法律、行政法规禁止的其他内容的。

第二十条 互联网新闻信息服务单位应当建立新闻信息内容管理责任制度。不得登载、发送含有违反本规定第三条第一款、第十九条规定内容的新闻信息;发现提供的 时政类电子公告服务中含有违反本规定第三条第一款、第十九条规定内容的,应当立即删除,保存有关记录,并在有关部门依法查询时予以提供。

第二十一条 互联网新闻信息服务单位应当记录所登载、发送的新闻信息内容及其时间、互联网地址,记录备份应当至少保存60日,并在有关部门依法查询时予以提供。

第四章 监督管理

第二十二条 国务院新闻办公室和省、自治区、直辖市人民政府新闻办公室,依法对互联网新闻信息服务单位进行监督检查,有关单位、个人应当予以配合。

国务院新闻办公室和省、自治区、直辖市人民政府新闻办公室的工作人员依法进行实地检查时,应当出示执法证件。

第二十三条 国务院新闻办公室和省、自治区、直辖市人民政府新闻办公室,应当对互联网新闻信息服务进行监督;发现互联网新闻信息服务单位登载、发送的新闻 信息或者提供的时政类电子公告服务中含有违反本规定第三条第一款、第十九条规定内容的,应当通知其删除。互联网新闻信息服务单位应当立即删除,保存有关记 录,并在有关部门依法查询时予以提供。

第二十四条 本规定第五条第一款第(一)项、第(二)项规定的互联网新闻信息服务单位,属于中央新闻单位设立的,应当每年在规定期限内向国务院新闻办公室提 交年度业务报告;属于其他新闻单位或者非新闻单位设立的,应当每年在规定期限内通过所在地省、自治区、直辖市人民政府新闻办公室向国务院新闻办公室提交年 度业务报告。

国务院新闻办公室根据报告情况,可以对互联网新闻信息服务单位的管理制度、人员资质、服务内容等进行检查。

第二十五条 互联网新闻信息服务单位应当接受公众监督。

国务院新闻办公室应当公布举报网站网址、电话,接受公众举报并依法处理;属于其他部门职责范围的举报,应当移交有关部门处理。

第五章 法律责任

第二十六条 违反本规定第五条第二款规定,擅自从事互联网新闻信息服务,或者违反本规定第十五条规定,超出核定的服务项目从事互联网新闻信息服务的,由国 务院新闻办公室或者省、自治区、直辖市人民政府新闻办公室依据各自职权责令停止违法活动,并处1万元以上3万元以下的罚款;情节严重的,由电信主管部门根 据国务院新闻办公室或者省、自治区、直辖市人民政府新闻办公室的书面认定意见,按照有关互联网信息服务管理的行政法规的规定停止其互联网信息服务或者责令 互联网接入服务者停止接入服务。

第二十七条 互联网新闻信息服务单位登载、发送的新闻信息含有本规定第十九条禁止内容,或者拒不履行删除义务的,由国务院新闻办公室或者省、自治区、直辖市 人民政府新闻办公室给予警告,可以并处1万元以上3万元以下的罚款;情节严重的,由电信主管部门根据有关主管部门的书面认定意见,按照有关互联网信息服务 管理的行政法规的规定停止其互联网信息服务或者责令互联网接入服务者停止接入服务。

互联网新闻信息服务单位登载、发送的新闻信息含有违反本规定第三条第一款规定内容的,由国务院新闻办公室或者省、自治区、直辖市人民政府新闻办公室依据各自职权依照前款规定的处罚种类、幅度予以处罚。

第二十八条 违反本规定第十六条规定,转载来源不合法的新闻信息、登载自行采编的新闻信息或者歪曲原新闻信息内容的,由国务院新闻办公室或者省、自治区、直辖市人民政府新闻办公室依据各自职权责令改正,给予警告,并处5000元以上3万元以下的罚款。

违反本规定第十六条规定,未注明新闻信息来源的,由国务院新闻办公室或者省、自治区、直辖市人民政府新闻办公室依据各自职权责令改正,给予警告,可以并处5000元以上2万元以下的罚款。

第二十九条 违反本规定有下列行为之一的,由国务院新闻办公室或者省、自治区、直辖市人民政府新闻办公室依据各自职权责令改正,给予警告,可以并处3万元以下的罚款:

(一)未履行备案义务的;

(二)未履行报告义务的;

(三)未履行记录、记录备份保存或者提供义务的。

第三十条 违反本规定第十七条第二款规定,向没有互联网新闻信息服务许可证的单位提供新闻信息的,对负有责任的主管人员和其他直接责任人员依法给予行政处分。

第三十一条 国务院新闻办公室和省、自治区、直辖市人民政府新闻办公室以及电信主管部门的工作人员,玩忽职守、滥用职权、徇私舞弊,造成严重后果,构成犯罪的,依法追究刑事责任;尚不构成犯罪的,对负有责任的主管人员和其他直接责任人员依法给予行政处分。

第六章 附 则

第三十二条 本规定所称新闻单位是指依法设立的报社、广播电台、电视台和通讯社;其中,中央新闻单位包括中央国家机关各部门设立的新闻单位。

第三十三条 本规定自公布之日起施行。