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.
16 July 2007, 17:59:25
First Level: Concerning the matter of the dismissal of the Jinan People’s Congress chairman, only reprint copy from main Shandong media, do not issue it on the main page of websites and the main page of news centers, do not open trackers, forums and other interactive segments are not to discuss this. Delete images related to this case.
17 July 2007, 09:22:26, Zhong Fu
All Websites: Please immediately delete the article “Beijing Municipal Construction Committee Low-Key Meeting Seeks for Opinions–Foreign Investment Advice Policy Stable.”
17 July 2007, 09:32:48, Zhong Fu
All Websites: Please immediately delete the article “Chongqing College Entrance Exam’s First Humanities Gets Bogged Down in Tsinghua–Peking University Fight and Faces Dropping from List.”
17 July 2007, 13:54:34
Second Level: Requirements Concerning Chinese Economic Analysis Reports
All websites’ news, finance, economics, stock market, and related channels may not use analysis reports related to the Chinese economy from any foreign organ such as Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, etc., please clean them up as soon as possible, delete existing articles that violate regulations.
16 July 2007, 18:17:40
Redirect “Bo Yibo” to central and local focus news websites, do not set up related keywords.
18 July 2007, 09:31:33, Zhong Fu
All Websites: Please delete all news related to “black heart baozi” as well as posts and blog texts in interactive columns.
18 July 2007, 16:16:57
First Level: Please ensure there are no search results for the following keywords, and maintain this until 1 August:
– Gao Qinrong wins international news freedom award
– Gao Qinrong + international news freedom award
– Gao Qinrong + news freedom award
– Gao Qinrong + freedom award
– Gao Qinrong + goes abroad to receive award
– Gao Qinrong + wins award
– Gao Qinrong + received award19 July 2007, 19:13:13
Everyone: That Qianlong Net article on black heart baozi, is to be removed to the back stage by 10:00 tonight, trackers are to be locked, no news articles concerning this matter, including comments, are to be issued.
19 July 2007, 23:31:44, Chen Hua
Everyone: Tomorrow morning, Beijing media will issue articles concerning Beijing TV’s handling conclusion in the matter of the black heart baozi, only issue it in the domestic section on the front pages of news centers, standardize sources, strictly manage trackers, there can only be positive and supporting posts, do not send text messages, do not issue other articles and comments, etc. Respond.
20 July 2007, 09:23:16, Huang Jing
I. Concerning the matter of a social security center staff member in Dongcheng District, Beijing being suspected to have embezzled 440,000 yuan of social security funds, please do not reprint things. Where matters have been reprinted, please delete them immediately.
II. First Level: Reprinting requirements concerning the matter of the paper-stuffed baozi, all websites are requested to implement these requirements:
(1) Only reprint articles on dealing with the parties involved, other information and comments revolving around this matter are not to be reprinted without exception;
(2) When reprinting, it may not be put on front pages of websites and important news sections, but put in the middle part of the domestic news section;
(3) When reprinting, only issue single articles, do not make links to food security incidents or related news;
(4) Do not open trackers;
(5) Do not send text messages.
20 July 2007, 11:06:16, Huang Jing
All portals, please open trackers for the article “Person Responsible for False Reporting on Paper-Stuffed Baozi in Beijing Dealt With,” only release posts calling for paying importance to news professional ethics, condemning false journalists, and supporting the decision. The position of the article must not change, it is still to be in the middle part of the domestic section.
20 July 2007, 14:04:18, Huang Jing
All websites, do not reprint the text “Female Peking University Student States She Is Raped by Some Prefecture Head in Hunan,” where it has been reprinted, delete it immediately, blogs, forums, and other interactive segments are not to discuss it.
20 July 2007, 15:58:09: Huang Jing
First Level: Concerning the matter of the “paper-stuffed baozi” and the fact that related personnel from Beijing TV have been dealt with, this is no longer to be discussed in interactive segments.
20 July 2007, 18:07:09
Third Level: Screen out online information on demobilized soldiers’ rights defense.
All localities and all websites must launch clean-up work of online rights defense by demobilized soldiers, and timely delete harmful information inciting mass incidents and inciting linkages, rumor mongering and attacks, etc. Supervision and management over forums, blogs, search engines, instant messaging, mobile text messages, etc., must be strengthened. All measures rolled out by the Party Center and the State Council concerning doing the work for the targets for special care and retired army personnel well must be propagated prominently; timely reprint relevant information and explanatory articles published by Xinhua and China government net as well as the websites of Labor, Personnel, Civil Affairs, and other departments. Forcefully propagate advanced models of targets for special care and retired army personnel who make prominent achievements in common work positions; propagate that the Party and government give high regard to and are concerned with doing the work for the targets for special care and retired army personnel well.
21 July 2007, 9:10
All websites, please pay attention: Existing news concerning paper baozi is to be put on the back stage without exception. If there are new articles, ask the Network Management Office for instructions, and only issue them after agreement.
21 July 2007, 20:42:12
Second Level: Concerning the Southern Weekly report “Where Do Dead Chickens in Chicken Farms Go?,” all websites are requested to stop reprinting this, where it has been reprinted, please delete it.
21 July 2007, 20:44:13
Second Level: Concerning the matter of the reform of a bus company in Jinzhou City, Liaoning causing a strike, all websites are requested not to report this, it may not be posted or discussed in forums or blogs, please delete existing related posts, trackers, and videos.
21 July 2007, 22:56:48
Second Level: Information concerning Dawang Township, Guangrao County, Shandong being the most polluted township does not conform to facts, all websites are not to reprint or comment on this, where it has been reprinted, delete it immediately, forums and blogs are not to discuss this.
23 July 2007, 18:10:19
Third Level: At present, the domestic security situation in Pakistan is relatively grave, there are incessant terror incidents involving our citizens, online news reports shall grasp the principles of objectivity and moderation. As for reports of raids on our citizens or kidnapping incidents, give first place to general facts, do not disclose relevant details; reports concerning our leaders’ concern about citizens’ safety must be based on the uniform deployment of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; do not willfully reprint foreign media information; do not raise the “Chinese factor” in the Pakistani government attacking the forces of terror, do not link Pakistan’s domestic political problems with the Sino-Pakistani relationship. News sources must be strictly standardized, extreme discussions in forums, blogs, trackers and posts bars, etc., must be timely deleted.
2007-07-16 17:59:25
一级：关于济南人大主任被免职一事，只转山东主要媒体稿件，不发网站首页和新闻中心首页，不开跟贴，论坛等互动环节不讨论。删除关于此案的相关图片。
2007-07-17 09:22:26 钟阜各网：请马上删除《北京市建委低调会议征求意见 外资建言政策稳定》一稿
2007-07-17 09:32:48 钟阜各网：请马上删除《重庆高考文科第一名陷清华北大争夺战面临落榜》一稿。
2007-07-17 13:54:34二级：有关中国经济分析报告的要求
各网站的新闻、财经、股市或相关频道不得使用任何国外机构如高盛、摩根等的有关中国经济分析的报告，请尽快清查，删除现有违规稿件。
2007-07-16 18:17:40将“薄一波”指向中央、地方重点新闻网站，关键词不做相关
2007-07-18 09:31:33 钟阜各网:请马上删除“黑心包子”的所有相关新闻以及互动环节的帖文、博文.
2007-07-18 16:16:57一级：请将以下关键词设为搜索无结果，并保持至8月1日。
“高勤荣获国际新闻自由奖”、“高勤荣 国际新闻自由奖”、“高勤荣 新闻自由奖”、“高勤荣 自由奖”、“高勤荣 出国领奖”、“高勤荣 获奖”、“高勤荣 领奖”
2007年7月19日 19:13:13各位：千龙网的黑心包子那条稿，今晚10:00撤后台，跟帖锁定，任何此事的新稿，包括评论均不发。
2007年7月19日 23:31:44 陈华各位：明早北京媒体会发关于北京电视台黑心包子事件的处理结论稿，只发新闻中心首页国内，规范稿源，严管跟贴，只能有正面支持的，不发短信，其它稿件评论等不发。回复。
2007年7月20日 09:23:16 黄婧一、关于北京东城区社保中心职员涉嫌贪污44万元社保基金一事,请不要转载.已经转载的请立即删除.
二、 一级:关于纸馅包子一事的转载要求,请各网务必按要求执行。
1,只转载处理当事人的稿件,围绕此事的其他消息及评论一律不转载;
2,转载时不要放在网站首页及要闻区,放在国内新闻中部;
3,转载时只发单条稿件,不要做食品安全事件的链接及相关新闻;
4,不开跟帖;
5,不发短信.
2007年7月20日 11:06:16 黄婧各门户：请打开《北京纸箱馅包子虚假报道责任人被处理》一稿的跟帖，只放呼吁重视新闻职业道德、谴责做假记者、支持处理决定的跟帖。稿件位置不要变，仍然在国内中部。
2007-07-20 14:04:18 黄婧各网站:不要转载《北大女生称被湖南某州长强奸》一文，已转载的立即删除,博客、论坛等互动环节不讨论。
2007-07-20 15:58:09 黄婧一级：有关“纸馅包子”及北京电话台相关人员受处理一事，不在互动环节讨论。
2007-07-20 18:07:08三级：清查网上复转军人维权信息
各地方各网站要对网上复转军人维权信息开展清理工作，及时删除煽动群体性事件和煽动串联、造谣、攻击等有害信息。要加强对论坛、博客、搜索引擎、即 时通讯、手机短信息等的监看和管理。要突出宣传党中央、国务院出台的关于做好优抚对象和军队退役人员工作的各项措施；及时转发新华社和中国政府网，以及劳 动、人事、民政等部门网站上发布的有关消息和解读文章。大力宣传优抚对象和军队退役人员在平凡工作岗位上做出突出成绩的先进典型；宣传党和政府高度重视和 关心做好优抚对象和军队退役人员工作。
2007-07-21 9:10各网请注意：关于纸包子的已有新闻，一律放至后台。如有新稿件，需请示网管处，经同意再上。
2007-07-21 20:42:12二级：有关《南方周末》“养鸡场的死鸡哪去了”的报道，请各网站停止转发，已转载的请删除。
2007-07-21 20:44:13二级：关于辽宁省锦州市公交车公司改制引发罢工一事，请各网站不要报道，论坛、博客中不得转贴、讨论，已有的相关帖文、跟帖、视频请删除。
2007-07-21 22:56:48二级：关于山东省广饶县大王镇污染大镇的消息与事实不符，各网站不转载、不评论，已转载的立即删除，论坛、博客不讨论。
2007-07-23 18:10:19三级：目前，巴基斯坦国内安全局势较为严峻，涉我公民恐怖事件不断，网上新闻报道应把握客观、适度的原则。对涉我公民的袭击或绑架事件的报道以一般 性事实为主，不透露有关细节；对我领导人关心公民安全的报道要根据外交部统一部署；不随意转载境外媒体消息；不提巴政府打击恐怖势力的“中国因素”，不将 巴内政问题同中巴关系挂钩。要严格规范新闻来源，对论坛、博客、跟帖、贴吧等互动栏目中的过激言论要及时删除。
These translated directives were first posted by Rogier Creemers on China Copyright and Media on January 10, 2013 (here). This post is the 55th in the series.
