In partnership with the China Copyright and Media blog, CDT is adding the “Beijing Internet Instructions” series to the Censorship Vault. These directives were originally published on Canyu.org (Participate) and date from 2005 to 2007. According to Canyu, the directives were issued by the Beijing Municipal Network Propaganda Management Office and the State Council Internet management departments and provided to to Canyu by insiders. China Copyright and Media has not verified the source.
The translations are by Rogier Creemers of China Copyright and Media.
20 September 2006, 10:32, Chai Yue
All websites, interactive segments are requested not to set up discussion themes on the coup in Thailand, tidy up existing themes.
20 September 2006, 17:08, Chai Yue
Please close trackers on articles related to the appointment of Shinzo Abe as the Prime Minister of Japan. This may also not be discussed in forums, etc.
21 September 2006, 10:49, Municipal Network Management Office
(1) In recent days, posts on “Shanghai Anchorperson’s Divorce History” circulated online, all websites are requested to earnestly clean this up, timely delete this post and posts with similar content.
(2) On the Thailand military coup and follow-up reporting, only transmit reporting of facts and articles with objective circumstances, do not make comments. Online reports must clearly indicate the source of the information, it is strictly prohibited to gather news by oneself, it is strictly prohibited to directly edit or translate foreign media information, it is strictly prohibited to post foreign media information on forums and blogs.
22 September 2006, 8:10, Chai Yue
All websites, please immediately delete the article “Female University Student Confessions: My Affair with ‘Three-Treasure Minister’ Zhang Zonghai.”
25 September 2006, 13:17, Yang Le
All websites, concerning the matter of Chen Liangyu being removed from office, only transmit Xinhua and People’s Daily Net copy; it may be placed in the second or third position of the important news section, do not make it into a large header; do not make special subjects; do not open trackers.
25 September 2006, 13:34, Yang Le
Trackers may be opened on the matter of Chen Liangyu, and it may be discussed in forums, but:
(1) It is not permitted to attack the Party or the government;
(2) It is not permitted to wildly guess at reasons, or guess without limit;
(3) It is not permitted to sow discord or contradiction between the Central government and local governments;
(4) It is not permitted to sow discord and contradictions between Central leaders,
(5) It is not permitted to sow discord and contradictions between Central leaders and past Central leaders;
(6) It is not permitted to sow discord and contradictions between Central leaders and local leaders.
25 September 2006, 15:37, Yang Le
All websites: Please immediately remove the photo of Chen Liangyu from the news content page.
25 September 2006, 16:14, Yang Le
All websites: When transmitting information about Chen Liangyu being removed from office, please do not link to or transmit the CV of Chen Liangyu. Please process this immediately. Delete his photo.
26 September 2006, 14:09, Yang Le
All websites, on the Gan Yisheng answers to the questions of Reuters of this morning, please use the article as revised by China Net as standard, renovate it after revision.
28 September 2006, 17:07, Yang Le
All websites:
(1) For reports concerning SK-II, Landai and other Japanese cosmetics, reports from non-standard sources may not be reprinted.
(2) Corresponding reports are not to be put on the main page of websites, are not to be reprinted in the important news section of news centers (channels, columns), forums and blogs are no longer to actively discuss this topic, this sort of articles and posts is not to be recommended on the front page.
(3) No longer produce special subjects or columns on this matter, please push existing special subjects to the back stage, newly reported articles are no longer to link to the original special subject.
2006年9月20日10时32分 柴玥
各网：互动环节请不要设置泰国政变讨论主题，已有话题清理一下
2006年9月20日17时08分 柴玥安倍晋三将任日本首相的有关稿件，请关闭跟帖。论坛等也不要讨论。
2006年9月21日10时49分 市网管办一：近日在网上流传有《上海主持人的离婚史》的帖文，请各网站认真清查、及时删除此帖文及类似内容帖文。
二：泰国军事政变及后续报道，只转发报道事实及客观情况的稿件，不作评论。网上报道要清楚注明消息来源，严禁自采新闻，严禁直接编译境外媒体消息，严禁将境外媒体消息贴发在论坛、博客之中。
2006年9月22日8时10分 柴玥各网：请马上删除《女大学生忏悔录：我与“三宝部长”张宗海的情事》一稿。
2006年9月25日13时17分 杨乐各网：关于陈良宇被免职一事，只转新华网、人民网的稿件；可放要闻二三条位置，不放大头条；不做专题；不开跟帖。
2006年9月25日13时34分 杨乐陈良宇的事，可以开跟贴，论坛中可以讨论，但
1、不准攻击党和政府，
2、不准乱猜测原因、无端猜测、
3、不准挑拨中央政府和地方政府之间矛盾；
4、不准挑拨现任中央领导之间矛盾；
5、不准挑拨现任中央领导与以往中央领导之间矛盾；
6、不准挑拨中央领导与地方领导之间矛盾
2006年9月25日15时37分 杨乐各网：请马上把陈良宇的照片从新闻内容页面上撤下来。
2006年9月25日16时14分 杨乐各网：转发陈良宇免职消息时请不要链接或转载陈良宇的简历。请马上处理。删除他的照片
2006年9月26日14时09分 杨乐各网：今天上午干以胜对路透社提问的回答，请按照中国网修改后的稿子为准,修改后刷新一下。
2006年9月28日17时07分 杨乐各网：
一、关于SK-Ⅱ和兰黛等日本化妆品的报道不得转载非规范稿源报道。
二、相关报道不上网站首页，不在新闻中心（频道、栏目）要闻区转载，论坛、博客不再作主动讨论话题，此类文章、帖文不向首页推荐。
三、不再就此事制作专题、专栏，已有专题请压至后台，新的报道稿件不再与原先专题链接。
These translated directives were first posted by Rogier Creemers on China Copyright and Media on December 7, 2012 (here).
