National Reporting and Evaluation System for Administrative Law Enforcement in Printing and Reproduction

Article 1: In order to implement the responsibility for administrative enforcement in printing and reproduction, strengthen routine enforcement supervision over the printing and reproduction industry, establish and improve a long-term management mechanism, and build China into 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 enforcement in printing and reproduction" refers to the administrative acts of the press and publication administrative departments at all levels and the comprehensive administrative law enforcement departments for the cultural market, within the scope of their duties, in supervising and inspecting printing or reproduction business activities and imposing administrative penalties thereon.

Article 3: The General Administration of Press and Publication shall be responsible for guiding the administrative enforcement of printing and reproduction nationwide and shall establish and implement a nationwide reporting and evaluation system for administrative enforcement of printing and reproduction.

Article 4: The reporting and evaluation system for administrative enforcement of printing and reproduction means that the press and publication administrative departments of all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government, as well as the comprehensive administrative law enforcement departments for the cultural market, are responsible for reporting to the General Administration of Press and Publication on the administrative enforcement of printing and reproduction within their respective administrative areas, and the General Administration of Press and Publication is responsible for evaluating how the administrative enforcement of printing and reproduction is carried out in each locality.

Of these, the press and publication administrative departments of all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government, as well as the comprehensive administrative law enforcement departments for the cultural market, shall report a consolidated summary of routine administrative inspections of printing and reproduction and the imposition of administrative penalties for printing and reproduction once every two months; for major printing and reproduction cases, they shall report the basic information within two working days after the case is filed.

Article 5: When reporting on routine administrative inspections of printing and reproduction and the imposition of administrative penalties for printing and reproduction, the press and publication administrative departments of all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government, as well as the comprehensive administrative law enforcement departments for the cultural market, shall, in accordance with their respective duties, check against all items in the Summary Table of Administrative Inspections and Administrative Penalties for Printing and Reproduction (see Appendix 1), carefully verify and compile the number of inspectors, inspection methods, inspection contents, administrative handling and administrative penalties, clearly fill in the relevant data, and submit the summary table for the previous two months on the working day at the beginning of every odd-numbered month.

Where an item to be filled in falls within one's own scope of duties but no data are available, "0" shall be entered; items falling outside one's own scope of duties need not be filled in.

Article 6: When reporting major printing and reproduction cases, the press and publication administrative departments of all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government, as well as the comprehensive administrative law enforcement departments for the cultural market, shall fill in the Report Form for Major Printing and Reproduction Cases (see Appendix 2), and shall submit the report form within two working days after the case is filed.

For the purposes of these Measures, "major printing and reproduction cases" refer to cases that cause serious harm to the state and society, involve serious circumstances of illegal business operations, involve huge amounts of illegal business turnover, or involve a relatively large number of regions or enterprises. Any of the following circumstances constitutes a major printing and reproduction case:

(1) cases assigned for investigation and handling upon instructions of leading officials of the CPC Central Committee, the State Council and other relevant bodies;

(2) cases that violate Article 3 of the Regulations on the Administration of the Printing Industry and Article 3 of the Regulations on the Administration of Audio-Visual Products and may cause serious social impact or seriously harm national interests;

(3) cases in which the printing and reproduction business license may be revoked in accordance with law;

(4) cases involving illegal business turnover of 30,000 yuan or more;

(5) cases involving three or more provinces, or five or more printing and reproduction enterprises;

(6) cases in which law enforcement is obstructed by violence or coercion, resulting in casualties among law enforcement personnel or other adverse social impact;

(7) other cases that seriously disrupt the order of administration of the printing and reproduction market.

Article 7: The General Administration of Press and Publication shall track and guide the work of administrative inspections of printing and reproduction and the imposition of administrative penalties carried out by the press and publication administrative departments of all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government, as well as the comprehensive administrative law enforcement departments for the cultural market, and shall be responsible for coordinating with relevant departments in supervising the handling of key major printing and reproduction cases.

Article 8: On the basis of the reports submitted by the press and publication administrative departments of all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government, as well as the comprehensive administrative law enforcement departments for the cultural market, on administrative inspections of printing and reproduction and the imposition of administrative penalties, and on the basis of verification and supervision, the General Administration of Press and Publication shall evaluate the administrative enforcement work on printing and reproduction in each locality.

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