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.
31 March 2006
Information on “Minsheng Bank Aims 3 Million Yuan Credit Limit Card at Vice-Ministerial Level Cadres” is a false report, please do not reprint it, where it has been reprinted, delete it immediately. Please acknowledge receipt, thank you.
30 March 2006
Network Supervision Office notice: everyone: if you see articles concerning the poisoning of the band “Super Mary” (Luo Jing, Han Xuan), if the article attacks the police, delete it.
30 March 2006
Concerning the case of NetEase thanking for a loan in Japanese Yen, the original text may not be distributed, but if there are positive guiding articles on forums, refuting the notion of NetEase’s Japanese Yen loan, they may be distributed and posted on forums, but firmly grasp the extent, they cannot have radical acts, or whatever calls for demonstrations, etc. Attention must also be paid to the fact that reactions in forums concerning this matter cannot be too ardent or animated.
29 March 2006
If reports have already been reprinted about the opening of the trial on the daughter or a Tsinghua University professor being throttled to death by a ticket seller, please delete it immediately.
26 March 2006
The report “Jiangsu Police Hit on the Head with Gun by Colleagues in Bathroom in Violent Attack” is untrue, please delete it immediately.
24 March 2006
Articles that the Information Office notified to be deleted:
(1) Who Burnt the Summer Palace, Has Nothing to Do With Patriotism!
(2) After Chen Yizou Leaves, the Beijing News Does Not Understand Win-Win
22 March 2006
Articles that the Information Office notified to be deleted:
(1) Only Re-Evaluating Mao Zedong Can Strengthen the Masses’ Faith in Reform
(2) “Yang Xiaokai – A Record on Random Thoughts on Chinese Politics”
(3) A Strong Speech by Hu Jintao to Japan that Is Rarely Known by the People!
21 March 2006
(1) Some Japanese members of parliament have inspected the Diaoyu Islands from an airplane, do not report it, forums are also not to discuss it. Please acknowledge receipt, thank you. (Delete)
(2) Please do not reprint the reported text of the Chongqing Morning Times of Chongqing Plans to Build Two More Dams in the Yangtze – The Total Amount of Installations Exceeds the Gezhou Dam, if it has been reprinted, please immediately remove the article. Please acknowledge receipt, thank you. (Delete)
(3) Please delete the text on expert suggestions to change Beijing into a special administrative zone, and expanding the area by eight times. Please acknowledge receipt, thank you.
2006年3月北京网管办发出的禁令（三）
2006-03-31
“民生银行300万元透支卡瞄准副部级干部”的消息，为不实报道，请不要转载，已转的立即删除。 收到请回复，谢谢。2006-03-30
网监处通知：各位：如果见到关于超级玛丽组合（罗惊、韩萱）中毒的文章，如果文中有攻击警察的就删除。
2006-03-30有关网易感谢日元贷款一事，原文不得放行，但论坛如有正面引导文章，反驳网易日元贷款观念的可以放行，发在论坛，但要把握度，不能有过激行为，什么号召游行呀等。也要注意论坛里关于此事件的反应不能太热烈和激励。
2006-03-29如已经转载清华大学教授女儿被售票员掐死一案开庭的报道,请立即删除.
2006-03-26“江苏警察浴室里遭同行枪顶脑袋暴殴”的报道不实，请立即删除。
2006-03-24
新闻办通知删除的文章
1、圆明园是谁烧的，与爱国无关！
2、程益中走后，《新京报》不懂双赢
2006-03-22网监通知删的文章
1：重新评价毛泽东才能坚定民众改革信心
2：《杨小凯－－中国政治随想录》
3：一段鲜为人知的胡锦涛对日强硬讲话 ！
2006-03-21
1.日本几个议员乘飞机视察钓鱼岛，不报道，论坛也不讨论。收到请回复，谢谢。 （删除）
2.《重庆晨报》“重庆拟在长江再建两大坝 装机总量超葛洲坝”一文，请不要转载报道，已转载的请即撤除稿件。收到请回复，谢谢。(删除）
3.专家建议将北京改为特别行政区 面积扩大8倍一文，请予删除。收到请回复，谢谢。
These translated directives were first posted by Rogier Creemers on China Copyright and Media on November 19, 2012 (here).
