Gaming
Notice concerning the Implementation of the “Online Culture Business Work Unit Content Self-Inspection Management Rules”
WSF No. (2013)39
All provincial, autonomous region and municipal culture offices (bureaus), the Xinjiang Production-Construction Corps Culture, Radio, Film and Television Bureau, the Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai and Chongqing administrative cultural market law enforcement teams, the Tibet Autonomous Region Cultural Market Comprehensive Law Enforcement Team:
In order to implement the State Council’s requirements concerning further transforming government functions and streamlining administration, all levels’ administrative culture departments will cancel, transfer down and simplify administrative examination and approval procedures on the basis of their real situations, management duties are to be transferred to enterprises or social organizations, and government departments are to strengthen service and supervision. On the basis of the “Provisional Internet Culture Management Regulations”, and in integration with the reality and needs of online culture construction and management, the Ministry of Culture has formulated the “Online Culture Business Work Unit Content Self-Inspection Management Rules” (hereafter simply named “Rules”), the objective is to strengthen enterprises’ autonomous management capacity and self-discipline responsibilities, and guarantee that online culture develops healthily and rapidly. They are hereby printed and issued, please implement them according to the following requirements: Read the rest of this entry »
Internet Surfing Service Business Venue Management Rules
Ministry of Information Industry, Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of Culture, State Administration of Industry and Commerce
3 April 2001
Article 1: In order to strengthen the management of Internet surfing service business venues, stimulate the healthy development of Internet serving service activities, and protect the lawful interests of online users, on the basis of the provisions of the “Internet Information Service Management Rules”, the “Computer Information Network International Interconnection Security Protection Management Rules”, relevant laws and other administrative regulations, these Rules are formulated.
Article 2: These Rules apply to implement supervision and management of the opening, operations and use of Internet surfing service business venue within the borders of the People’s Republic of China.
Internet surfing service business venues as named in these Rules refers to commercial venues that provide Internet surfing services to the public through computers connected to the Internet (including surfing services provided by “Internet cafés”). Read the rest of this entry »
Notice concerning Issues Relating to the Work of Deeply Launching a Special Campaign to Bring Electronic Gaming under Control
Ministry of Culture, State Commission for Economics and Trade, Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of Information Industry, Ministry of Foreign Economics and Trade, General Administration of Customs, State Administration of Industry and Commerce
WSF No. (2000)42
Since the videophone conference on strengthening management over entertainment service venues and the special campaign to bring electronic gaming venues nationwide under control, all provincial, autonomous region and municipal Party Committees and governments have, from the height of stressing politics, rapidly convened conferences, earnestly transmitted the spirit of the videophone conference, and established leading small groups to coordinate the special campaign work; all localities’ culture, trade and economics, public security, foreign trade and economics, information industry, Customs, industry and commerce and other functional departments have all performed their own functions, vigorously formulated special campaign work plans and re-examination and verification standards, organized large-scale propaganda, public opinion, investigation of the real situation and concentrated law enforcement work, a batch of business venues breaking laws and regulations have been strictly punished according to the law; news public opinion organs’ great propaganda momentum and the broad popular masses’ vigorous support has ensured that the special campaign work to bring electronic gaming under control has gained phase-type results, a good environment in which the whole society supervises and resists unlawful electronic gaming is being formed. Read the rest of this entry »