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A source at the China Research Institute of Publishing Science disclosed that the new standards for printing primary and secondary school textbooks have been revised and submitted to the Standardization Administration of China for approval, and will be released to the public soon. To protect students' eye health, textbooks for non-core subjects such as music and art in primary schools will be reduced in size, changing from the current A4 format to B5. The old version of the standards has been in use for 8 years. Liu Yuzhu, associate researcher at the National Press and Publication Standardization Technical Committee, explained that the existing printing standards for primary and secondary school textbooks

Starting from February 1, the Administrative Measures for Digital Printing (hereinafter referred to as the Measures) came into force, marking the industry regulator's launch of oversight over digital printing, an emerging field. The Measures consist of 23 articles, which set out the entry thresholds for digital printing enterprises, the content of government supervision and the directions for support, as well as the legal liability enterprises bear for violations. Conducted with heads of relevant departments of some local press and publication bureaus, heads of some digital printing enterprises and industry experts

Press and Publication Policy and Law [2011] No. 1 To the press and publication bureaus of all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government, the Press and Publication Bureau of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, the Press and Publication Bureau of the Propaganda Department of the General Political Department of the People's Liberation Army, and the cultural market administrative law enforcement corps of Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Chongqing and the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region: In order to earnestly implement the national teleconference on intellectual property protection and law enforcement and the Notice of the General Office of the State Council on Printing and Distributing the Special

[Summary] The eight printing machinery standards began to be drafted in early 2010. After repeated discussion and revision, a final draft for approval was formed in early 2011, and applications were submitted to the Standardization Administration of China and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology for national standards and industry standards. The standards are expected to be released in the second half of 2011. Recently, it was learned from the National Printing Machinery Standardization Technical Committee that the 2

As the 2008 financial crisis fades into the distance, China's economy is slowly recovering. Against the backdrop of economic recovery, how should printing develop? Where does the future path of the printing industry lie? Is printing still a sunrise industry? As the CPI index rises, an important topic at the Central Economic Work Conference will inevitably be the shift in monetary policy. On the 24th, the A-share market plunged sharply, which cannot but be attributed to the impact of news such as the special monetary policy shift. Hongyuan Securities Co

Summary: According to the Ministry of Environmental Protection of the People's Republic of China, the National Environmental Protection Standard / Technical Requirements for Environmental Labeling Products — Printing, compiled under the auspices of the Environmental Development Center of the Ministry of Environmental Protection (Sino-Japan Friendship Center for Environmental Protection) with the participation of the China Printing Technology Association, the Beijing Green Cause Culture Development Center and other organizations, has been approved by the Ministry of Environmental Protection and is officially promulgated and implemented as of today. Since the second half of 2009, the China Printing Technology Association, the Ministry of Environmental Protection

On March 1, 2011, the National Technical Committee for Printing Standardization (SAC/TC170) held in Beijing the first joint working meeting of the drafting groups for two national standards on digital printing. The meeting was chaired by Secretary-General Li An. Participants came from Shanghai Publishing and Printing College, Peking University Founder Group, the Shanghai Digital Printing Industry Association, the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Canon (China) Co., Ltd., Beijing Unis Graphic System Co., Ltd., Kodak (China) Investment Co., Ltd., and

[Summary] The full text of the long-awaited Digital Printing Management Measures was issued recently, which is of great significance for regulating the digital printing market and can be described as a "timely rain" of policy. Digital Printing Management Measures Article 1 In order to regulate digital printing business activities and promote the healthy development of digital printing, these Measures are formulated in accordance with the Regulations on Publication Administration, the Regulations on the Administration of the Printing Industry and relevant laws and regulations. Article 2 These Measures apply to the use of production-type digital printing machines to engage in the

Article 1 In order to implement responsibility for administrative law enforcement in printing and reproduction, strengthen routine law enforcement supervision over the printing and reproduction industry, establish and improve a long-term management mechanism, and build a strong country in printing and reproduction, these Measures are formulated in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Regulations on the Administration of the Printing Industry, the Regulations on the Administration of Audio-Visual Products, and the Measures for the Administration of Reproduction. Article 2 For the purposes of these Measures, administrative law enforcement in printing and reproduction refers to the acts of press and publication administrative departments at all levels and comprehensive administrative law enforcement departments for the cultural market, within the scope of their duties, against printing or

Since January 1, 2009, China has begun implementing a new VAT policy, an important element of which is that the VAT paid by enterprises when purchasing equipment can be credited as input tax against the output tax on product sales. This has greatly spurred enterprises' appetite for investment and lowered the cost of purchasing equipment. It fits very well with China's requirement to continue expanding domestic demand in the face of the financial tsunami. What impact will the introduction of this policy have on financial leasing in the printing industry? We need to look at printing