| Legislation | Issuer | Selected Provisions |
|---|---|---|
| Measures for the Administration of Telecommunication Business Licenses (2001) | MII | Appendix 2 (III)(iv): No operators or their employees shall utilize telecommunication networks to produce, copy, promulgate or transmit any information containing the following types of content:
3. Harming the honor or the interests of the nation; 6. Spreading rumors, disturbing social order or disrupting social stability. |
| Regulations on the Administration of Publishing (2001) | SC | Article 26: No publication may contain the following types of contents:
(iii) harming the honor or the interests of the nation; (vi) disturbing social order, disrupting social stability. |
| Notice Regarding Further Strengthening the Administration of Periodicals Relating to Current Affairs and Politics, General Lifestyle, Information Tabloids and Scientific Theory (2000) | GAPP | 2. It is strictly prohibited for publications to include any of the following contents:
(1) gainsaying the leadership of Marxism, Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory; (3) . . . jeopardizing the interests of the nation; (4) . . . influencing social stability; (5) . . . propagating superstition, pseudo-science or incorrect teachings. (6) spreading rumors, producing and distributing false news, interfering in the broader work of the party or the nation; (7) otherwise violating the propaganda discipline of the party or violating the regulations administering the nation's publishing. |
| Notice Regarding the Further Strengthening the Administration of Selection of Articles for Newspapers and Periodicals (2000) | GAPP | 1 . . . . . . [Newspapers and periodicals] shall not select articles that contradict the guiding policies of the Party and the nation . . . . |
| Provisions on the Administration of Internet Electronic Bulletin Services (2000) | MII | Article 9: No person may issue any information having the following types of content on an electronic bulletin service:
(iii) harming the honor or the interests of the nation; (vi) spreading rumors, disturbing social order or disrupting social stability. |
| Notice Regarding the Work of Bringing the Periodical Industry Under Control (1997) | GAPP | 2(6): In any of the following circumstances where administrative measures have been adopted but there has been no clear improvement, publication should be ceased:
(1) Articles have been carried which have severe political errors; |
| Provisions on the Administration of Electronic Publications (1997) | GAPP | Article 6: No electronic publications may contain the following types of content:
(iii) jeopardizing the nation's . . . honor or interests. |
| Measures on the Administration of Safeguarding the Safety of Internationally Networked Computer Information Networks (1997) | MPS | Article 5: No unit or individual may utilize the Internet to produce, copy, look up or transmit any of the following categories of information:
(v) spreading rumors or disrupting social order; (viii) harming the credibility of a government agency. |