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CIRCULAR OF THE STATE COUNCIL ON AUTHORIZING THE XINHUA NEWS AGENCY TO EXERCISE WITHIN ITS JURISDICTION ADMINISTRATION OVER THE RELEASE OF ECONOMIC INFORMATIONS BY FOREIGN NEWS AGENCIES AND THEIR AFFILIATED INFORMATION OFFICES WITHIN THE TERRITORY OF CHINA

    With a view to defending state sovereignty, protecting the legitimate
rights and interests of internal consumers of economic informations and
promoting the healthy development of the economic information
undertakings, the State Council authorizes the Xinhua News Agency to
exercise administration within its jurisdiction over the release of
economic informations by foreign news agencies and their affiliated
information offices within the territory of China. Revevant matters are
notified as the following:

    I. Foreign news agencies and their affiliated information offices
shall apply with the Xinhua News Agency for opening economic
information business. The Xinhua News Agency shall according to the
present Circular and relevant regulations vet the applier and the
categories of economic informaitons intended to release before
authorizing them to do so.

    II. The Xinhua News Agency shall in a unified manner reach every
agreement on the release of economic informations within the territory
of China and settle the standards for charges with those foreign news
agencies and their affiliated economic information offices that have
been vetted and authorized.

    III. Foreign news agencies and their affiliated information offices
may not directly develop economic information consumers and may not do
so in the form of joint ventures, ventures with soly foreign investment
or agent companies.

    IV. If a foreign news agency or its affiliated information office
has by way of releasing informations to its Chinese consumers committed
actions that are not permitted by Chinese laws or regulations, or has
included in the information released to its Chinese consumers contents
that defame or slander China or damage the state interests of China,
the Xinhua News Agency shall jointly with other relevant departments
handle the case according to law.

    V. Any government department at different levels, any enterprise or
institution who wants to subscribe for economic informations of foreign
news agencies or their affiliated information offices shall go through
registration procedure with the Xinhua News Agency. No department or
unit may directly subscribe for economic informations with foreign news
agencies or their affiliated information offices.

    VI. The Xinhua News Agencies after being authorized to exercise
within its jurisdiction administration over the release of economic
informations by foreign news agencies or their affiliated information
offices within the territory of China, shall adopt substantial and
effective measures to ensure the timely provision and reliability of
the economic informations received by consumers.

    VII. Foreign News Agencies or their affiliated information offices
who have already developed consumers within the territory of China
before the publication of the present Circular shall within three
months from the publication of the present Circular go through
procedures for vetting and authorization with the Xinhua News Agency
retroactively.

    VIII. The departments and units who have already subscribed for
economic informations with foreign news agencies or their affiliated
informaition offices shall within three months after publication of the
present Circular go through the registration procedure with the Xinhua
News Agency retroactively.

    IX. Release of economic informations within the territory of China by
news agencies or their affiliated information offices of Taiwan,
Hongkong or Macau regions shall also brought under the administration
of the Xinhua News Agency within its jurisdiction in light of the above
stipulations.

    X. Detailed rules for the implementation of the present Circular
shall be formulated and promulgated by the Xinhua News Agency according
to the present Circular and relevant state regulations.