Regulations on the Administration of Printing Industry (Revised in 2017)

Order of the State Council of the People's Republic of China No.676

March 1, 2017

(Promulgated by the Order of the State Council of the People's Republic of China No.315 on August 2, 2001; revised for the first time in accordance with the Decision of the State Council on Revising Certain Administrative Regulations on February 6, 2016; and revised for the second time in accordance with the Decision of the State Council on Revising and Repealing Certain Administrative Regulations on March 11, 2017)

Chapter 1 General Provisions

Article 1 These Regulations are formulated in order to strengthen the administration of printing industry, to protect the lawful rights and interests of the operators of printing industry and the public interests of the society, and to promote the socialist spiritual civilization and material civilization.

Article 2 These Regulations apply to the operations of printing publications, printed matters of package and decoration, and other printed matters.
Publications referred to in these Regulations include newspapers, journals, books, maps, New Year pictures, pictures, wall calendars, picture albums and the binding and layout, and cover of audio and video products and electrical publications, etc.
Printed matters of package and decoration referred to in these Regulations include trademark signs, advertisement publicity material and the printed matters of paper, metal, plastic, etc, which are used as product package or decoration.
Other printed matters referred to in these Regulations include documents, data, charts, tickets, certificates, visiting cards, etc.
Operations of printing referred to in these Regulations include operational activities of typesetting, plate making, printing, binding, copying, photographic reproducing, mimeographing, etc.

Article 3 The operators of printing industry must abide by the relevant laws, regulations and rules, and stress the social benefits.
Publications, printed matters of package and decoration and other printed matters that contain reactionary, pornographic or superstitious contents and other contents publicly prohibited by state orders shall be prohibited from printing.

Article 4 The administrative department of publishing of the State Council shall be in charge of the supervision and administration of the printing industry of the whole country. The administrative departments in charge of publishing administration of the people's governments at the county level and above (hereinafter referred to as administrative departments of publishing) shall be responsible for the supervision and administration of the printing industry within their respective administrative areas.
The public security departments, administrative departments and other relevant departments of industry and commerce of the people's governments at the county level and above shall be responsible for the relevant supervision and administration of printing industry within their respective scope of duties.

Article 5 The operators of printing industry shall establish and perfect the system of printing undertaking validation, the system of printing undertaking registration, the system of printed matter keeping, the system of printed matter delivery, and the system of destroying the shopworn and defective products produced in printing activities. The specific measures shall be formulated by the administrative department of publishing of the State Council jointly with the public security department of the State Council.
If the operators find illegal and criminal acts in the printing operations, they shall report timely to the public security departments or the administrative departments of publishing.

Article 6 The social organizations of printing industry shall, under the guidance of the administrative departments of publishing, adopt self-administration according to their articles of association.

Article 7 Printing enterprises shall submit annual reports to the administrative department for publications on a regular basis. The administrative department for publications shall promptly announce the relevant contents in the annual reports to the public pursuant to the law.

Chapter 2 Establishment of Printing Enterprises

Article 8 The state adopts the license system for printing operations. No unit or individual may undertake printing operations without obtaining the license for printing operations according to these Regulations.

Article 9 The following conditions are required to be met when an enterprise engages in printing business activities:
1. having the name and articles of association of the enterprise;
2. having definite business scope;
3. having the operating place and necessary operating conditions such as fund and equipment, etc, that meet the needs of the business scope;
4. having the organizational framework and personnel that meet the needs of the business scope; and
5. other conditions provided by the relevant laws and regulations.
For the examination and approval of an application for undertaking of printing business activities, the planning of the state on the total number, structure and layout of printing enterprises shall be observed in addition to the provisions prescribed in the preceding paragraph.

Article 10 An application for establishment of an enterprise to engage in the business of printing of publications shall be submitted to the administrative department for publications of the People's Government of the province, autonomous region or municipality directly under central government at the location. Upon examination and approval of the application, the applicant shall obtain a printing business permit, present the printing business permit to complete registration formalities with the administration for industry and commerce, and obtain a business license.
"Enterprises applying to engage in the business of printing of packaging materials and other printed matter shall present their business license to submit an application to the administrative department for publications of the local People's Government of the municipality divided into districts which shall issue a printing business permit upon examination and approval of the application.
"Individuals shall not engage in the business of printing of publications and packaging materials; individuals engaging in the business of printing of other printed matter shall undergo examination and approval formalities pursuant to the provisions of the second paragraph of this Article.

Article 11 The administrative department for publications shall decide on approval or non-approval within 60 days from receipt of an application submitted pursuant to Article 10 of these Regulations. A printing business permit shall be issued to successful applicants; for unsuccessful applications, the applicants shall be notified and the reason shall be stated.
The license for printing operations shall indicate the types of the printing operations that the printing enterprise is engaged in.
The license for printing operations shall not be sold, rent, lent or transferred through other means.

Article 12 If an operator of printing industry applies to operate concurrently or to change the printing operations of publications, printed matters of package or decoration or other printed matters, or to Attachment other operators of the printing industry to itself/himself, or to establish new operators of printing industry because of merger or division, he shall go through the procedures according to the provisions of Article 9 of these Regulations.
For change of a main registration matter such as name, legal representative or person-in-charge, address or business premises of a printing business operator or termination of printing business, filing shall be completed with the administrative department for publications which previously approved the establishment.

Article 13 The administrative department for publication shall realize the interconnection and sharing of the information of printing enterprises together with the public security department, the industrial and commercial administrative department and other relevant departments according to the general requirements for establishment of a national social credit information platform.

Article 14 The state allows the establishment of Chinese and foreign equity joint printing enterprises, Chinese and foreign cooperative joint printing enterprises, and allows the establishment of enterprises with foreign investment engaged in the operations of printing printed matters of package and decoration. The specific measures shall be formulated by the administrative department of publishing of the State Council jointly with the department in charge of foreign trade and economy of the State Council.

Article 15 If a unit wishes to establish printing factories (institutes) of its own, it shall go through the procedures for registration with the administrative department of publishing of the people's government at the county level or above; if such a printing factory (institute) involves the printing of state secrets, the unit shall also go through the procedures for registration with the secrecy departments.
Printing factories (institutes) established inside the units may undertake printing operations; those that wish to undertake printing operations must go through the procedures according to the provisions of this chapter.

Chapter 3 Printing of Publications

Article 15 The state encourages the enterprises engaged in operations of printing publications to print the publications that reveal the new excellent cultural achievements of China and foreign countries, and lays stress on the printing of traditional cultural elaborate works and valuable academic works.

Article 16 The enterprises engaged in the operations of publication printing may not print the publications that are prohibited publicly by the state orders from publishing or the publications published by non-publishing units.

Article 17 To print publications, the unit that entrusts the printing shall sign the printing contract with the printing enterprise according to the relevant provisions of the state.

Article 18 When accepting the entrustment of the publishing unit to print books and journals, a printing enterprise must validate, receive and keep the printing trust deed sealed by the publishing unit, and shall, before printing, report to the administrative department of publishing of the people's government of the province, autonomous region or municipality directly under the Central Government where the publishing unit is located; if the printing enterprise accepts the entrustment of the publishing unit that is not located in the province, autonomous region, municipality directly under the Central Government where the printing enterprise is located to print books and journals, the printing trust deed shall be reported to the administrative department of publishing of the people's government of the province, autonomous region, municipality directly under the Central Government where the printing enterprise is located for record in advance. The format of the printing trust deed shall be prescribed by the administrative department of publishing of the State Council uniformly, and shall be uniformly printed by the administrative departments of publishing of the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government.
When accepting the entrustment of the publishing unit to print newspapers, a printing enterprise must validate the license for newspaper publishing; when accepting the entrustment of the publishing unit to print additional editions, supplements of newspapers and journals, the printing enterprise must also validate the documents of administrative departments of publishing in charge that approve the publishing of the additional editions and supplements.

Article 19 When accepting the entrustment to print publications of internal data, the printing enterprise must validate the printing permission issued by the administrative department of publishing of the local people's government at the county level or above.
When accepting the entrustment to print publications of internal data containing religious contents, the printing enterprise must validate the approving documents of the administrative department in charge of religious affairs of the people's government of the province, autonomous region and municipality directly under the Central Government and the printing permission issued by the administrative department of publishing of the people's government of the province, autonomous region and municipality directly under the Central Government.
The administrative department of publishing shall make the decision to issue the printing permission or not within 30 days since the date of receiving the application for printing the publications of internal data or printing the publications of internal data containing religious contents, and shall notify the applicant of the decision; if no decision is made after the time limit, it is regarded that the approval has been granted.

Article 20 When accepting entrustment to print foreign publications, a printing enterprise must, by presenting the relevant legal proving documents of copyright, obtain the approval of the administrative department of publishing of the people's government of the province, autonomous region or municipality directly under the Central Government; the foreign publications printed must be transported outside China and may not be issued or distributed within the borders.

Article 21 A unit that entrusts the printing must print the name, address of the publishing unit, the book number, issue number or edition number, publishing date or issuing date, the real name and address of the enterprise that accepts the entrustment to print the publications, and other relevant items on the publications printed in accordance with the relevant provisions of the state.
The printing enterprise shall keep a sample of the publication printed according to the entrustment for checking-up for 2 years since the date of completing the printing of the publication.

Article 22 A printing enterprise may not illegally print publications of others without permission, may not sell, print more or accept the entrustment of a third party to print more of the publications printed according to the entrustment without authorization, may not sell, rent, lend or transfer by other means the paper types and printing negatives of the publication to other units or individuals.

Article 23 A printing enterprise may not seek subscription for or sell the publications, and may not counterfeit or usurp other's name to print or sell the publications.

Chapter 4 Printing of Printed Matters of Package and Decoration

Article 24 An enterprise engaged in the printing of printed matters of package and decoration may not print counterfeited, falsely registered trademark signs, and may not print the advertisement publicity material and printed matters used as product package and decoration that are prone to misleading the consumers.

Article 25 When accepting entrustment to print registered trademark signs, a printing enterprise shall validate the copy of the Trademark Registration Certificate signed by the administrative department of industry and commerce at the county level of the place where the person who registered trademark lives, and shall check the registered trademark pattern provided by the trustor; when accepting the entrustment of the person who is licensed to use the registered trademark to print registered trademark signs, the printing enterprise shall also validate the licensing contract of the use of registered trademark. The printing enterprise shall keep the copy of the Trademark Registration Certificate signed by the administrative department of industry and commerce, the registered trademark pattern, and the copy of the licensing contract of the use of registered trademark it has validated and checked for 2 years for checking-up.
If the state has other provisions on the printing of registered trademark signs, the printing enterprise shall also abide by those provisions.

Article 26 When accepting entrustment to print advertisement publicity material, and printed matters used as product package and decoration, a printing enterprise shall validate the business license of the unit or the resident identity cards of the individuals that entrusted the printing; when accepting the entrustment of advertisement operators to print advertisement publicity material, the printing enterprise shall also validate the qualification certificates of advertisement operations.

Article 27 When accepting entrustment to print printed matters of package and decoration, a printing enterprise shall hand over all of the finished products, half-finished products and wasters of the printed matters, and the printing negatives, paper types, photographic plates, manuscripts, etc, to the unit or individual that entrusted the printing, and may not keep those things without authorization.

Article 28 When accepting entrustment to print foreign printed matters of package and decoration, a printing enterprise must report to the administrative department of publishing of the people' s government of the province, autonomous region, municipality directly under the Central Government of the place where the enterprise is located for record in advance; and the printed matters of package and decoration must be transported outside China and may not be sold within the borders.

Chapter 5 Printing of Other Printed Matters

Article 29 The printing of documents, material, charts, etc, that are marked with secrecy shall be handled according to the relevant laws, regulations and rules of the state.

Article 31 Where a unit entrusts the printing of notices, announcements, employees' cards for important activities, traffic permits or tickets circulated in society, it must provide the certificate of the competent authority for the printing enterprise. The printing enterprise must validate the certificate of the competent authority, and keep the copy of the certificate of the competent authority for two years for inspection, and may not otherwise entrust others to print the above printed matter.
To print the value instruments or unvalued instruments used inside the organs, organizations, armies, enterprises or institutions, or the special certificates such as the letters of introduction, employee's cards, member's cards, passes, degree certificates, academic background certificates or other academic certificates, etc, that bear the unit names, the unit that entrusts the printing must provide the certificate of printing entrustment. And the printing enterprise must validate the certificate of printing entrustment.
The printing enterprise may not keep the samples, specimen pages of the printed letters prescribed in the preceding two paragraphs; if the samples, specimen pages do need to be kept because of business reference needs, the approval of the unit that entrusted the printing shall be obtained, and the countermark of "sample", "specimen page" shall be sealed on the printed letters kept which shall be preserved in good conditions and may not be lost.

Article 31 When accepting entrustment to print articles for religious use, a printing enterprise must validate the approving documents of the administrative department in charge of religious affairs of the people' s government of the province, autonomous region, municipality directly under the Central Government and the certificate of printing permission issued by the administrative department of publishing of the people' s government of the province, autonomous region, municipality directly under the Central Government; the administrative departments of publishing of the people' s government of the province, autonomous region, municipality directly under the Central Government shall make the decision on whether to issue the certificate of printing permission or not within 20 days since the date of receiving the application for printing articles for religious use, and shall notify the applicant of the decision; if no decision is made after the time limit, it is regarded that the approval is granted.

Article 32 Individuals engaged in the operations of printing other printed matters may not print the documents, material, charts, etc that are marked with secrecy, may not print notices, announcements, employee's cards for important activities, traffic permits, or tickets circulated in the society, may not print the valued or unvalued instruments used inside the organs, organizations, armies, enterprises or institutions, may not print the special certificates such as letters of introduction, employee's cards, member's cards, passes, degree certificates, academic background certificates, or other academic certificates, and may not print articles for religious use.

Article 33 Those accepting entrustment to print other foreign printed matters must report to the administrative departments of publishing of the people' s government of the province, autonomous region, municipality directly under the Central Government of their locations for record; and those printed matters must be transported outside China and may not be sold within the borders.

Article 34 No printing enterprise or individual engaged in the operations of printing other printed matters may illegally print the other printed matters of others without permission, neither may they sell, print more or accept the entrustment of a third party to print more of the other printed matters printed according to entrustment without authorization, or sell, rent, lend or transfer the paper types and printing negatives of the other printed matters printed according to entrustment to other unit or individual.

Chapter 6 Punishment Rules

Article 35 Enterprises which are established without approval to engage in the business of printing of publications against the provisions of these Regulations, or enterprises engaging in the business of printing without approval against the provisions of these Regulations, shall be raided by the administrative department for publications and the administration for industry and commerce in accordance with the statutory powers, and printed matter and illegal income as well as specialized tools and equipment used in the illegal activities shall be confiscated; where the illegal turnover exceeds CNY 10,000, a fine ranging from five to ten times the amount of the illegal turnover shall be imposed; where the illegal turnover is less than CNY 10,000, a fine ranging from CNY 10,000 to CNY 50,000 shall be imposed; where the case constitutes a criminal offence, criminal liability shall be pursued in accordance with the law.
The printing factories (institutes) established inside the units without going through the procedures according to the provisions of Chapter 2 of these Regulations shall be punished according to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, if they undertake printing operations.

Article 36 If an operator of the printing industry, in violation of the provisions of these Regulations, has committed any of the following acts, the administrative department of publishing of the local people's government shall order him to stop the illegal act, order him to stop business for internal rectification, confiscate the printed matters and illegal earnings, and shall impose a fine of more than 5 times and less than 10 times of the illegal earnings on him if the illegal earnings are CNY10,000 or more; a fine of more than CNY10,000 and less than CNY50,000 shall be imposed on him if the illegal earnings are less than CNY10,000 ; the former license-issuing organ shall revoke the license if the circumstances are serious; and criminal responsibilities shall be investigated into according to law if a crime is constituted.
1. without obtaining the permission of the administrative department of publishing, operating concurrently or changing the printing operations of publications, printed matters of package and decoration or other printed matters without authorization, or annexing other operators of the printing industry to itself/himself without authorization;
2. having not gone through the procedures according to the provisions of these Provisions when establishing new operators of the printing industry because of merger or division; or
3. selling, renting, lending or transferring the license for printing operations by other means.

Article 37 If an operator of the printing industry prints the publications, printed matters of package and decoration, or other printed matters that contain the contents prohibited by Article 3 of these Regulations, and this he is fully aware of or should have known, or prints the publications prohibited publicly by state orders or the publications published by non-publishing units, the administrative department of publishing and the public security department of the local people's government at the county level or above shall order him to stop business for internal rectification, confiscate the printed matters and illegal earnings, and a fine of more than 5 times and less than 10 times of the earning from illegal operations shall be imposed on him if the earning from illegal operations are CNY10,000 or more; if the earnings from illegal operations are less than CNY10,000 , a fine of more than CNY10,000 and less than CNY50,000 shall also be imposed on him; the former license-issuing organ shall revoke the license if the circumstances are serious; and the criminal responsibilities shall be investigated into according to law if a crime is constituted.

Article 39 If an operator of the printing industry has committed any of the following acts, the administrative department of publishing and the public security department of the local people's government at the county level or above shall order him to make corrections and give him warnings according to their legal authorities; if the circumstances are serious, they shall order him to stop business for internal rectification, or the former license-issuing organ shall revoke the license:
1. having not established the system of printing undertaking validation, the system of printing undertaking registration, the system of printed matter keeping, the system of printed matter delivery, and the system of destroying the shopworn or defective products produced in the printing activities;
2. failing to timely report to the public security department or administrative department of publishing when finding illegal and criminal acts in the printing operations;
3. having not reported to the administrative department that formerly approved the establishment when changing the main registration items such as the name, legal representative or principal, domicile or operating place, etc, or when terminating the printing operations; and
4. having not kept the material for checking-up according to the provisions of these Regulations.
If a unit, in violation of the provisions of the Regulations, establishes internal printing factories (institutes) without going through the procedures for registration with the administrative department for publication or secrecy department of the local people's government at the county level or above, the administrative department for publication and the secrecy department of the local people's government at the county level or above shall order it to make corrections and give it warnings according to their legal authorities; and shall order it to stop business for internal rectification if the circumstances are serious.

Article 39 If an enterprise engaged in the operations of printing publications has committed any of the following acts, the administrative department of publishing of the local people's government at the county level or above shall give it warnings and confiscate its illegal earnings, if the earnings from illegal operations are CNY10,000 or more, a fine of more than 5 times and less than 10 times of the earnings from illegal operations shall be imposed on the enterprise; if the earnings from illegal operations are less than CNY10,000 , a fine of more than CNY10,000 and less than CNY50,000 shall be imposed on the enterprise; if the circumstances are serious, the enterprise shall be ordered to stop business for internal rectifications, or the former license-issuing organ shall revoke the license; if a crime is constituted, the criminal responsibilities shall be investigated into:
1. when accepting the entrustment of other unit/ enterprise, having not validated the printing trust deed, the relevant certificates or printing permission certificate, or having not submitted the printing trust deed to the administrative department of publishing for record according to the provisions of these Regulations;
2. counterfeiting or usurping the name of other unit/ enterprise to print publications;
3. illegally printing the publications of other unit/ enterprise without permission;
4. illegally printing more or selling the publications printed according to entrustment;
5. seeking subscription for or selling the publications;
6. selling, renting, lending or transferring through other means the paper type and printing plates of the publications printed according to the entrustment of the publishing units without authorization; and
7. accepting entrustment to print foreign publications without approval or having not transported all of the foreign publications printed outside China.

Article 40 If an enterprise engaged in the operations of printing printed matters of package and decoration has committed any of the following acts, the administrative department of publishing of the local people's government at the county level or above shall give it warnings and shall confiscate its illegal earnings, if the earnings from illegal operations are CNY10,000 or more, a fine of more than 5 times and less than 10 times of the earnings from illegal operations shall be imposed on the enterprise; if the earnings from illegal operations are less than CNY10,000 , a fine of more than CNY10,000 and less than CNY50,000 shall be imposed on the enterprise; if the circumstances are serious, the enterprise shall be ordered to stop business for internal rectifications or the former license-issuing organ shall revoke the license; if a crime is constituted, the criminal responsibilities shall be investigated into:
1. when accepting the entrustment to print registered trademark signs, having not validated or checked the copy of the Trademark Registration Certificate signed by the administrative department of industry and commerce, the registered trademark patterns or the copy of the licensing contract of the use of registered trademark;
2. when accepting the entrustment to print advertisement publicity material or the printed matters used as product package and decoration, having not validated the business license of the unit or the resident identification card of the individual that entrusted the printing, or when accepting the entrustment of advertisement operators, having not validated the qualification certificate for advertising operation according to the provisions of these Regulations;
3. illegally printing the printed matters of package and decoration of other unit/enterprise without permission; or
4. when accepting the entrustment of printing foreign printed matters of package and decoration, having not reported to the administrative department of publishing for record, or having not transported all of the foreign printed matters of package and decoration outside China.
If the printing enterprise violates the provisions of the state on the administration of registered trademark or advertisement printing when accepting the entrustment to print registered trademark signs or advertisement publicity material, the administrative department of industry and commerce shall give it warnings and confiscate the printed matters and illegal earnings, if the earnings from illegal operations are CNY10,000 or more, a fine of more than 5 times and less than 10 times of the earnings from illegal operations shall be imposed on the enterprise; if the earnings from illegal operations are less than CNY10,000 , a fine of more than CNY10,000 and less than CNY50,000 shall be imposed on the enterprise.

Article 41 If an enterprise or individual engaged in the operations of printing other printed matters has committed any of the following acts, the administrative department of publishing of the local people's government at the county level or above shall give warnings to it/him, confiscate the printed matters and the illegal earnings, if the earnings from illegal operations are CNY10,000 or more, a fine of more than 5 times and less than 10 times of the earnings from illegal operations shall be imposed on the enterprise; if the earnings from illegal operations are less than CNY10,000 , a fine of more than CNY10,000 and less than CNY50,000 shall be imposed on the enterprise; if the circumstances are serious, the enterprise shall be ordered to stop business for internal rectifications, or the former license-issuing organ shall revoke the license; if a crime is constituted, the criminal responsibilities shall be investigated into:
1. when accepting the entrustment to print other printed matters, having not validated the relevant certificates according to the provisions of these Regulations;
2. entrusting the other printed matters entrusted to it/him to others;
3. selling, renting, lending or transferring through other means the paper types and the print negatives of the other printed matters entrusted to it/him for printing;
4. counterfeiting, altering the degree certificates, academic background certificates and other documents and certificates of state organs, or the documents and certificates of enterprises or institutions, or illegally printing the other printed matters of others without permission;
5. illegally printing more or selling the other printed matters entrusted to it/him for printing;
6. when accepting the entrustment to print foreign other printed matters, having not reported to the administrative department of publishing for record, or having not transported all of the foreign other printed matters outside China according to the provisions of these Regulations; or
7. the individual engaged in the operations of printing other printed matters operating beyond his business scope.

Article 43 If any enterprise has any of the following acts, the administrative department for publication shall issue warnings to it, confiscate the printed matter and the illegal earnings; if the earnings from illegal operations are CNY10,000 or more, a fine of more than five times and less than ten times the earnings from illegal operations shall be imposed on the enterprise; if the earnings from illegal operations are less than CNY10,000, a fine of more than CNY10,000 and less than CNY50,000 shall be imposed on the enterprise; if the circumstances are serious, the enterprise shall be ordered to stop business for internal rectifications, or the license for printing and operation shall be revoked; if a crime is constituted, criminal responsibilities shall be investigated:
1. when printing notices, announcements, employees' cards for important activities, traffic permits, and tickets circulated in society, a printing enterprise has not validated the certificates of the competent authority, or entrusted others to print the printed matter mentioned above; or
2. an operator of the printing industry carries out counterfeiting, altering degree certificates, academic background certificates, and other documents and certificates of the state organs, or the documents and certificates of enterprises, public institutions or mass organization.
In the case of the printing of notices, announcements, employees' cards for important activities, traffic permits or tickets circulated in society, if the unit entrusting the printing hasn't obtained the certificate of the competent authority, the administrative department for publication of the people's government at the county level or above shall impose a fine of more than CNY500 and less than CNY5,000 on it.

Article 43 If an operator of the printing industry, in violation of the provisions of these Regulations, has committed any of the following acts, the administrative department of publishing of the local people's government at the county level or above shall order him to make corrections and give him warnings; if the circumstances are serious, the department shall order the operator to stop business for internal rectification, or the former license-issuing organ shall revoke the license;
1. the enterprise engaged in the operations of printing printed matters of package and decorations keeping the finished products, half-finished products, wasters of the printed matters of package and decoration, or the printing plates, paper types, printing negatives, manuscripts, etc; or
2. the enterprise and individual engaged in the operations of printing other printed matters keeping the samples, prospectus of the other printed matters without authorization, or having not sealed the countermark of "sample", "prospectus" on the samples, prospectus kept.

Article 44 If a printing enterprise is given the administrative punishment of revoking the license, its legal representative or principal may not be the legal representative or principal of printing enterprise within 10 years since the day on which the license is revoked.
If the individual engaged in operations of printing other printed matters is given the administrative punishment of revoking the license, he may not undertake the printing operations within 10 years since the day on which the license is revoked.

Article 45 The administrative punishment of fine imposed according to the provisions of these Regulations shall adopt the division of fine decision and fine collection according to the provisions of relevant laws and regulations; and all of the fine collected must be rendered to the treasury.

Article 46 Where the administrative department for publications, the administration for industry and commerce or other relevant authorities have violated the provisions of these Regulations in granting approval to applicants who do not satisfy the statutory criteria and issuing a permit or an approval document to them, or failed to perform supervision duties, or failed to impose punishment upon discovery of an illegal act, and caused serious consequences, the person-in-charge and other directly accountable personnel shall be demoted or dismissed; where the case constitutes a criminal offence, criminal liability shall be pursued in accordance with the law.

Chapter 7 Supplementary Provisions

Article 47 The printing enterprises that were established according to law before these Regulations come into force shall draw another License for Printing Operations at the administrative departments of publishing within 180 days since the day on which these Regulations come into force.
No other charges shall be collected for the granting of license according to these Regulations, except the costs by the legal standard.

Article 48 These Regulations shall enter into force on the date of promulgation. The Regulations on the Administration of Printing Industry promulgated by the State Council on March 8, 1997 shall be nullified at the same time.