This is the last post in this series before the holidays. Normal service will be resumed on Wednesday, January 2.
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.
15 May 2007, 09:10:12
All websites: Please report as soon as possible the internal third-person control mechanisms of websites, service companies providing information to websites and cooperation methods to our office.
15 May 2007, 17:04:02
All websites: Please immediately delete the text “Premier Not On Time For Train” and corresponding information, forums, blogs, and other interactive columns are not to discuss.
16 May 2007, 09:09:30
All websites: Please immediately delete the China Industry and Commerce Times “China and U.S. Attach Importance to Second Round of Strategic Economic Dialogue and Balancing the U.S.-China Trade Deficit.”
16 May 2007, 14:11:31
All websites: Please delete the article “Forbes Publishes Global Tax Burden Index, China in 3rd Place.”
16 May 2007, 15:13:30
(1st class) All websites: Please immediately delete the China News Agency article “Venue Responsibility System Implemented for Beijing Olympic Games Security Protection–Will Investigate Participants’ Background.”
All search engines: Please immediately ensure that there are no search results for “Venue Responsibility System Implemented for Beijing Olympic Games Security Protection–Will Investigate Participants’ Background,” “Beijing Olympic Games to Investigate Participants’ Background,” and “Olympic Games to Investigate Participants’ Backgrounds.”
16 May 2007, 15:17:30
All websites: Please immediately delete the article “China’s ‘Study Officials’ Perform Excellently in Cambridge.”
Huang Jing, 17:26:18
All websites: In the morning of 16 May, the People’s Daily published “Premier Wen Jiabao’s Speech at the Opening Ceremony of the 2007 Annual African Development Bank Meeting,” please delete the word “including” from the 5th paragraph: “The Chinese Government has announced to include expanding the scale of aid to Africa, relieve heavy debt burdens for the poor countries of Africa and debts of the least developed countries…”
16 May 2007, 17:29:03
First class: Please immediately revise the text “Premier Wen Jiabao’s Speech at the Opening Ceremony of the 2007 Annual African Development Bank Meeting.”
All websites: The People’s Daily published “Premier Wen Jiabao’s Speech at the Opening Ceremony of the 2007 Annual African Development Bank Meeting,” please delete the word “including” from the 5th paragraph: “The Chinese Government has announced to include expanding the scale of aid to Africa, relieve heavy debt burdens for the poor countries of Africa and debts of the least developed countries…”
17 May 2007, 15:09:00
All websites: For reports concerning the foot-and-mouth disease epidemic in Linyi, Shandong, websites are only to reprint Xinhua copy, original copy is to be removed to the back stage. Discussions and posts in forums, blogs and other interactive columns that seize the opportunity to incite or fabricate panic must be timely deleted.
16 May 2007, 21:38:43
All websites, please pay attention: Ministry of Railways: transition period for the 6th Great Speed-Up Adjustment Plan extended to 18 June:
http://news.xinhuanet.com/fortune/2007-05/20/content_6124760.htm.
All portal websites are requested to reprint this information in the middle or top part of the important news section, and maintain it there to 6 in the afternoon tomorrow, other commercial websites may reprint it in a relatively prominent position.
22 May 2007, 18:25:10
All websites: Please manage trackers for articles on the election results for the Beijing Municipal Party Representative Conference well, pay attention that not a single spelling mistake occurs.
22 May 2007, 19:45:11, Huang Jing
All websites, reports and comments on the Ministry of Commerce organizing the “6th Famous Chinese Wine” evaluation are to be deleted, please implement this quickly.
23 May 2007, 17:33:35
The matter of the number of vehicles in Beijing breaking through 3 million may not be reported without authorization, only reprint copy obeying our office’s notices.
23 May 2007, 17:32:24
First level: publish “German Court Decides Online Forum Operators Must Bear Complete Responsibility for Forum Discussions” until 17:00 on Friday afternoon.
First level: http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2007-05/23/content_6141423.htm – German Court Decides Online Forum Operators Must Bear Complete Responsibility for Forum Discussions. Please rapidly publish this text on the lower part of the main page of websites and the lower part of the important news section of the news center, manage trackers well, do not make it into a special subject, but link to some corresponding matters.
23 May 2007, 15:54:39
Third level: Please ensure that there are no search results for the following keywords!
All search engines, please ensure that there are no search results for “1989 order,” “that year’s courage,” “blood-colored dawn,” “witnessing June 4th,” “June 4th Tiananmen Tank Man,” “June 4th hunger strike letter,” “remembering June 4th,” “Tiananmen student strike movement,” “Hu Yaobang and Zhao Ziyang,” “documentary ‘Tiananmen,’” and “‘Tiananmen’ Kama,”
2007年5月北京网管办发出的禁令(一)
2007-05-15 09:10:12各网:网站内部的第三方监督机制、给本网站提供信息的服务公司及合作方式请尽快报本办.
2007-05-15 17:04:02各网:关于“总理没赶上火车”一文及相关信息,请立即删除,论坛、博客等互动栏目不讨论
2007-05-16 09:09:30各网:中华工商时报的”中美重视第二轮战略经济对话 平衡美中贸易逆差”一稿请马上删除。
2007-05-16 14:11:31各网:请删除”福布斯公布全球税负痛苦指数 中国排名第三”一稿。
2007-05-16 15:13:30(一级)各网:请马上删除中新社《北京奥运安保实行场馆负责制 将审查参赛者背景》一稿。
各搜索引擎:请马上将“北京奥运安保实行场馆负责制 将审查参赛者背景”、“北京奥运将审查参赛者背景”、“奥运会将严审参赛者背景”设为无结果搜索。
2007-05-16 15:17:30各网:请马上删除:中国“学官”在剑桥的表演秀 一稿.
huangjing(黄婧) 17:26:18各网:5月16日上午,人民网刊发《温家宝总理在2007年非行年会开幕式上的致辞》,文章第五自然段“中国政府宣布了包括扩大对非洲援助规模、免除非洲重债穷国和最不发达国家债务……”,请将“包括”两字删除。
2007-05-16 17:29:03一级:请马上对《温家宝总理在2007年非行年会开幕式上的致辞》一文进行修改
各网:人民网刊发《温家宝总理在2007年非行年会开幕式上的致辞》,文章第五自然段”中国政府宣布了包括扩大对非洲援助规模、免除非洲重债穷国和最不发达国家债务……”,应将”包括”两字删除。
2007-05-17 15:09:00各网:有关山东临沂市手足口病疫情的报道,网站只转发新华社通稿,原有稿件撤后台。论坛、博客等互动栏目中借机煽动、制造恐慌的言论和帖文要及时删除
2007-05-16 21:38:43各网站请注意: 铁道部:第六次大提速调图过渡期延长到6月18日http://news.xinhuanet.com/fortune/2007-05/20/content_6124760.htm
各门户网站请在要闻区中上部转载此消息 并保持到明天下午6点,其他商业网站可在较显著位置转载
2007-05-22 18:25:10各网:北京市党代会选举结果的稿件请管好跟帖,注意不要出现任何错别字
2007-05-22 19:45:11 黄婧各网:关于商务部举行”第六届中国名酒”评定的报道及评论全部删除,请速执行.
2007-05-23 17:33:35北京市机动车保有量突破300万一事,不要擅自报道,听我办通知再发稿。
2007-05-23 17:32:24
一级:发《德法院判决网上论坛经营者须对论坛言论负全责》放到本周五下午17:00
一级:http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2007-05/23/content_6141423.htm 德法院判决网上论坛经营者须对论坛言论负全责 请速在首页新闻区下部和新闻中心要闻区下部发此文,务必管好跟贴,不做专题,但链接一些相关。
2007-05-23 15:54:39三级:请将以下关键词设为搜索无结果!
各搜索引擎:请将“1989序”、“当年勇”、“血色黎明”、“见证六四”、“64天安门挡坦克的男人”、“六四绝食书”、“回忆六四”、“天安门学潮运动”、“胡耀帮与赵紫阳”、“记录片《天安门》”、“《天安门》 卡玛”设为搜索无结果。
These translated directives were first posted by Rogier Creemers on China Copyright and Media on December 23, 2012 (here). This post is the 46th in the series.