广播电视管理条例 REGULATIONS ON BROADCASTING AND TELEVISION ADMINISTRATION

ision administration under the State Council shall carry out unified planning on the coverage of broadcasting and television transmissions across the country in accordance with uniform state standards, and construction and development shall be carried out at different levels. The departments of broadcasting and television administration of local people's governments at or above the county level should, pursuant to relevant state provisions, construct and manage networks of broadcasting and television transmission coverage within their respective administrative areas.

　　Construction of networks of broadcasting and television transmission coverage including full exploitation of all kinds of existing resources of public telecommunications of the state should ensure the quality and unimpeded traffic of transmissions of broadcasting and television programmes.

　　The networks of broadcasting and television transmission coverage referred to in these Regulations shall be composed of broadcasting and television transmitting stations, relay stations (including differential relay stations and reception relay stations, the same hereinafter), broadcasting and television satellites, satellite up-link stations, satellite reception and relay stations, microwave stations, monitoring stations (posts) and networks of cable broadcasting and television transmission coverage.

　　Article 18 The department of broadcasting and television administration under the State Council shall be responsible for the designation and allocation of frequencies of special-purpose channels and bands for broadcasting and television and the verification and issuance of certificates of designation and allocation of special-purpose frequencies.

　　Article 19 Establishment of broadcasting and television transmitting stations, relay stations, microwave stations, satellite up-link stations should, pursuant to relevant state provisions, go through formalities of examination and approval at the radio control agencies of the State, or the province, autonomous region and municipality directly under the Central Government on the strength o

f the certificates of designation and allocation of special-purpose frequencies issued by the department of broadcasting and television administration under the State Council and obtain radio station licences.

　　Article 20 Broadcasting and television transmitting stations and relay stations should transmit and relay broadcasting and television programmes in accordance with the relevant provisions of the department of broadcasting and television administration under the State Council.

　　Frequencies, channels and bands of broadcasting and television transmitting stations and relay stations the use of which has been verified and approved shall not be leased or transferred, and all technical parameters already approved shall not be changed without authorization.

　　Article 21 No broadcasting and television transmitting station and relay station shall broadcast self-sponsored programmes or insert advertisements without authorization.

　　Article 22 Site selection, design, construction and installation of projects of the networks of broadcasting and television transmission coverage should be handled pursuant to the relevant state provisions and undertaken by units with acquisition of corresponding certificates of qualifications according to law.

　　Construction of projects of the networks of broadcasting and television transmission coverage and the technical equipment of broadcasting and television used therein should conform to state standards and trade standards. Acceptance checks shall be organized by the departments of broadcasting and television administration upon completion of the projects which may be put into operation only upon passing the acceptance checks.

　　Article 23 Regional networks of cable broadcasting and television transmission coverage shall be set up and managed by the departments of broadcasting and television administration of local people's governments at or above the county level.

　　Plans and construction schemes for the regional networks of cable broadcasting and television transmission coverage shall be carried out upon approval by the departments of broadcasting and television administration of people's governments of the provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government when submitted by the departments of broadcasting and television administration of people's governments at the county level or those of the municipalities with subordinate districts and autonomous prefectures, or carried out upon approval by the department of broadcasting and television administration under the State Council when submitted by the departments of broadcasting and television administration of people's governments of the provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government.

　　Only one regional network of cable broadcasting and television transmission coverage shall be set up in the same administrative region. Cable television stations shall be hooked up with the regional network of cable television transmission coverage according to the plan.

　　Article 24 No unit or individual shall broadcast any programme via a network of cable broadcasting and television transmission coverage without approval.

　　Article 25 Control and use of satellite space band resources for the transmission of broadcasting and television programmes should conform to the relevant state provisions.

　　Transmission of broadcasting and television programmes using the satellite mode by broadcasting stations or television stations should conform to the requirements prescribed by the State and be subject to the examination, verification and approval of the department of broadcasting and television administration under the State Council.

　　Article 26 For installation and use of ground reception facilities for satellite broadcast and television, an application for the acquisition of a licence should, pur

suant to the relevant state provisions, be submitted to the department of broadcasting and television administration of the people's government of the province, autonomous region or municipality directly under the Central Government. Import of decipherer, depressurizes and other ground reception facilities for satellite broadcast and television for external satellite broadcasting and television programmes shall be subject to the examination and approval of the department of broadcasting and television administration under the State Council.

　　Article 27 Infringing on or occupying, gathering together to rob, or destroying in other forms facilities of networks of broadcasting and television transmission coverage by any unit or individual shall be prohibited.

　　Article 28 No unit or individual shall infringe on or occupy and interfere with the special-purpose broadcasting and television frequencies, or intercept the transmission of, interfere with or descramble broadcast and television signals.

　　Article 29 The departments of broadcasting and television administration of people's governments at or above the county level should adopt diverse forms of satellite transmission, radio relay, cable broadcast and cable television to improve the rate of broadcasting and television coverage in rural areas.

　　Chapter IV Broadcasting and Television Programmes

　　Article 30 Broadcasting stations and television stations should run programmes according to the scope for the setting up of programmes approved by the department of broadcasting and television administration under the State Council.

　　Article 31 Broadcasting and television programmes shall be made by broadcasting stations, television stations and broadcasting and television programme production and marketing units the establishment of which has been approved by the departments of broadcasting and television administration of people's governments at or above the provincial level. No broadcasting station or television station shall broadcast broadcasting and television programmes produced by units without the acquisition of licenses for broadcasting and television programme production and marketing.

　　Article 32 Broadcasting stations and television stations should improve the quality of broadcasting and television programmes, increase the number of excellent Chinese programmes and ban the production and broadcast of programmes containing any of the following contents:

　　(1) that which endangers the unity, sovereignty and territorial integrity of the country;

　　(2) that which endangers state security, honour and interests;

　　(3) that which instigates nationality separation or disrupts nationality solidarity;

　　(4) that which divulges state secrets;

　　(5) that which slanders or insults others;

　　(6) that which propagates obscenity, superstition or plays up violence; and

　　(7) other contents prohibited under provisions of laws and regulations.

　　Article 33 Broadcasting stations and television stations should conduct pre-broadcast censorship and rebroadcast censorship over the contents of their respective broadcasting and television programmes pursuant to the provisions of Article 32 of these Regulations.

　　Article 34 Newscasts and television news should be true and just.

　　Article 35 Establishment of a television opera production unit shall be subject to the approval of the department of broadcasting and television administration under the State Council and a licence for television opera production obtained before it may produce television operas.

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