Measures for the Administration of Beijing's Reward Fund for Green Printing Publications

Implementation Rules for the Administrative Measures for Beijing Green Printing Publication Reward Funds

Article 1 In order to strengthen the management of the Beijing Green Printing Publication Reward Funds, improve the efficiency of fund use, and ensure the smooth implementation of reward fund projects, these Implementation Rules are formulated in accordance with the Administrative Measures for Beijing Green Printing Publication Reward Funds (Trial) (Jing Xin Chu Yin [2013] No. 31).

Article 2 The Beijing Green Printing Publication Reward Funds (hereinafter referred to as the reward funds) are sourced from municipal fiscal funds and are dedicated to promoting the adoption of green printing for publications in the Beijing area, and to rewarding the publishing and printing stages of publications printed by green printing methods.

Article 3 Organizational and Management Structure

(1) Leading Group

A leading group composed of the deputy director of the Beijing Municipal Administration of Press and Publication, the supervisory department, and the competent business department shall be established, and shall be responsible for reviewing and deciding on major matters related to the reward fund projects.

(2) Project Office

A project office shall be set up under the leading group, located in the Printing and Reproduction Industry Management Division of the Beijing Municipal Administration of Press and Publication, and shall be responsible for the specific organization and implementation of the project.

(3) Expert Committee

An expert committee shall be set up under the leading group, and its main responsibility is to evaluate and review the project and propose reward plans as entrusted by the leading group. The expert committee shall be composed of experts from the publishing, printing, distribution and other industries in this city, and shall be selected from the expert database of the Beijing Municipal Administration of Press and Publication. Under special circumstances, with the consent of the leading group, the project office may engage other experts, and the qualifications of the experts shall be implemented with reference to the standards of the bureau's expert database. The number of experts shall be no fewer than five.

Article 4 Fund Reward Standards

Rewarded publications shall be rewarded at an amount of no more than 20,000 yuan per title; for special types of publications, upon approval by the leading group, the above limit may be exceeded, with a maximum of no more than 30,000 yuan. The specific standards are as follows:

For paper with a basis weight below 80 g (including 80 g) (regardless of specifications), the reward standard is 0.015 yuan per printed sheet; for paper above 80 g (regardless of specifications), the reward standard is 0.028 yuan per printed sheet;

For printing by single-color printing, the reward standard is 0.025 yuan per printed sheet; for two-color printing, the reward standard is 0.055 yuan per printed sheet; for four-color printing, the reward standard is 0.11 yuan per printed sheet.

The reward amount shall be determined after comprehensive calculation according to the above standards.

Article 5 Reward Recipients

Rewards shall focus on the publishing and printing stages of publications.

Article 6 Reward Method

Based on the reward amount calculated according to the reward standards, rewards shall be granted in the form of prize money, at the proportions of 40% for the publishing stage and 60% for the printing stage respectively.

Article 7 Implementation Procedures

The implementation procedures of the reward fund project include five items: project solicitation, project application, project review, publicity of results, and reward implementation.

1. Project Solicitation

In the first quarter of each year, the government website of the Beijing Municipal Administration of Press and Publication solicits Beijing green printing publication reward projects from publishing units nationwide, and sets out the specific work arrangements for project implementation in that year.

1. Project Application

(1) Application Conditions

1. The applicant shall be a domestic publishing unit; the projects applied for shall be publicly distributed books, newspapers and periodicals, and the same book number (newspaper or periodical number) shall be applied for as one project.
2. The applied project shall meet the following conditions:

(1) The content is healthy and positive, and is expected to produce good social and economic benefits;

(2) The printing enterprise shall be a publication printing enterprise in the Beijing area that has obtained green certification from the Ministry of Environmental Protection;

(3) The printing process shall comply with the relevant printing standards in the technical requirements for environmental labeling products; the raw and auxiliary materials used shall be healthy and environmentally friendly; the final product shall be marked with the "China Environmental Label" logo and the words "Green Printing Product", and the words "Beijing Green Printing Project Reward Project" shall be additionally printed on the cover or the front page;

(4) A single print run of 5,000 copies (inclusive) or more;

(5) The planned distribution volume in the Beijing area shall meet the following standards: when the applied print run is below 10,000 copies, the number distributed through designated outlets in Beijing shall be no less than 50% of the total; when the applied print run exceeds 10,000 copies, the number distributed through designated outlets in Beijing shall be no less than 6,000 copies;

(6) The work is free of any copyright disputes.

(2) Materials to Be Submitted

1. Application Form for the Beijing Green Printing Publication Reward Fund Project;
2. A copy of the applicant's business license (legal person certificate of a public institution) and publication license;
3. Units applying for book reward projects shall provide sample books (sample manuscripts); those applying for newspaper and periodical reward projects shall provide sample issues (newspapers) for the most recent full year prior to the application date;
4. Certificates or supporting materials for provincial-level or higher government awards (including publishing, printing and other awards).
5. Project Review

Applicants shall submit their application materials to the project office within the prescribed time limit. For projects that meet the application qualifications and have complete application materials, the project office shall process the acceptance formalities.

After accepting an application, the project office shall conduct a preliminary review. Projects falling under any of the following circumstances shall not pass:

1. The materials submitted by the applicant do not match the applied project;
2. The applied project does not meet the application conditions.

For projects that fail the preliminary review, the project office shall send a "Notice of Non-acceptance" to the applicant and return the application materials.

(3) Organizing Expert Review

For projects that pass the preliminary review, the expert committee shall conduct the review. The main review procedures are as follows:

1. Experts shall be organized to review the applicants' application materials. Each expert shall conduct a preliminary assessment according to the scoring standards in light of the relevant field. If necessary, experts shall raise questions on relevant issues, and applicants shall truthfully answer the experts' questions;
2. The expert committee shall fully discuss and deliberate on the preliminary assessment results according to the review content and standards of these Measures, and on that basis vote by recorded vote on each project under review, and shall propose review results and recommendations according to the voting results. A reward project shall be approved only if it obtains the consent votes of more than half (including half) of the expert committee members. After discussion and deliberation, the expert committee shall determine the project review opinions, propose reward recommendations, issue a review report, and submit it to the project office.

(4) Review by the Leading Group

After receiving the expert group's review opinions, the project office shall propose a reward plan according to the scale of funds for the year and submit it to the project leading group for deliberation, which shall study and decide the winning projects and the reward amounts.

1. Publicity of Results

The review results shall be publicized on the government website of the Beijing Municipal Administration of Press and Publication for ten days.

1. Reward Implementation

For projects confirmed to receive rewards after publicity, the project office shall sign a reward agreement with the project applicant, specifying the project implementation, acceptance, reward amount, payment time and method, and the responsibilities and obligations of both parties.

The project applicant shall complete the printing and distribution of the publication in accordance with the agreement. The project office shall conduct quality spot checks on the publication, and shall implement rewards for projects that pass quality inspection and fulfill the agreement. The same project may receive a reward only once in the same year.

Article 8 Supervision and Management

1. The reward funds shall be used exclusively for rewards for green printing projects and shall not be diverted or misappropriated.
2. If a rewarded project violates the relevant provisions of these Measures or involves fraud or other circumstances, the project office may, upon the consent of the leading group, take measures such as suspending disbursement, revoking the reward, and recovering the funds as appropriate, and shall pursue legal liability for serious cases.

Article 9 Rewards for green printing of primary and secondary school textbooks shall be separately provided for.

Article 10 These Implementation Rules shall be interpreted by the project office.

Article 11 These Implementation Rules shall take effect from the date of promulgation.

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