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.
14 August 2007, 13:35:33, Huang Jing
All Websites: Please submit the work plan for your websites for the period of the 17th Party Congress before 4:00 PM in the afternoon of this Friday (17 August) to our office (huangjing@bjwgb.gov.cn), the content includes: (1) the responsible person; (2) work mechanisms; (3) emergency response mechanisms.
14 August 2007, 18:02:00, Chen Hua
Concerning the incident of the Fenghuang Bridge collapse in Hunan, do not issue it on the main pages of websites and the important news section of news centers, it may be issued in the domestic section, let it roll away naturally, use standard copy sources (original sources), manage trackers well.
16 August 2007, 11:03:32, Yang Le
On the Fenghuang Bridge incident, all websites are requested to uniformly remove it to the domestic section, no headers must be set up, it would be good if this incident were not played up.
16 August 2007, 14:33:30, Huang Jing
All Websites: Please submit your website’s work plan for the 17th Party Congress to our Office before 4:00 PM tomorrow afternoon.
19 August 2007, 14:07, Chen Hua
Everyone: Hastily make “torrent China” into a keyword for screening, ensure there are no search results, do not set up related searches; these few days, there have been relatively many calamities, news sources must be strictly standardized, only use originally-issued copy from focus central media, report more about disaster relief, report regularly, do not play it up.
20 August 2007, 09:24:39, Huang Jing
All Websites: Please manage trackers for the Shandong mining disaster, delete discussions attacking the Party and the government and attacking our system.
19 August 2007, 16:42:58, Huang Jing
All Websites: “NDRC: Present Commodity Price Rise Is No Harbinger for Overall Currency Inflation,” please clean up trackers for this new item, delete information seizing the opportunity to attack the Party and the government or attack all policies and measures.
19 August 2007, 22:04:15
Second Level: All websites are not to report without exception on the matter of a People’s Daily journalist interviewing those hit by the collapse of the Fenghuang Bridge in Hunan, as well as the popular masses giving the People’s Daily journalist silk banners, interactive segments are also not to discuss this. Everyone is requested to self-examine.
20 August 2007, 23:20:16
Second Level: All websites are not to report without exception on the matter of a People’s Daily journalist interviewing those hit by the collapse of the Fenghuang Bridge in Hunan, as well as the popular masses giving the People’s Daily journalist silk banners, interactive segments are also not to discuss this.
22 August 2007, 17:34:17
First Level: Please ensure there are no search results for “Hu Haifeng + Dai Shasha.”
23 August 2007, 17:10:53, Huang Jing
All Portals: Please reprint the text “German Scholars Write Article Criticizing the Dalai Lama” in the lower part of the important news section, the link is http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/hqzg/2007-08/22/content_6036665.htm.
27 August 2007, 17:54:19
Third Level: Concerning all sorts of rights defense information for volunteer soldiers in the near future, all websites are requested to strengthen supervision and control in interactive segments and timely delete this.
27 August 2007, 15:02:27
First Level: A small leak occurred at an Olympic oil storage tank of the Sinopec Beijing Co., all websites are not to discuss this without exception, forums, blogs, and other interactive segments are not to disseminate or discuss this.
28 August 2007, 20:02:22
Good evening, everyone: All websites are requested to manage content corresponding to the 17th Party Congress well. Only use Xinhua or People’s Daily copy, do not make ambiguous titles. Especially in interactive segments, management must absolutely be strengthened. Please also emphasize this when changing shifts! Thank you, everyone, for the trouble.
28 August 2007, 09:23:38
Second Level: In recent days, there were websites who reprinted the China Commercial Daily information “Civil Administration Cadre in Ningshan Country, Ankang City, Shaanxi Employs People to ‘Throw Beggars’ to Another County to Welcome Higher-Level Inspection, Leading to Death.” All websites are not to reprint or issue this, where it has been reprinted, it must be immediately deleted, blogs, forums, instant communications, and other interactive columns are also not to reprint or discuss this.
2007年8月14日 13:35:33 黄婧
各网:请于本周五(8月17日)下午4:00前将本网站17大期间的工作预案交我办（huangjing@bjwgb.gov.cn）,内容包括:1、责任人；2、工作机制；3、应急机制。
2007-08-14 18:02:00 陈华关于湖南凤凰大桥倒塌事件，不发网站首页和新闻中心要闻区，可发国内，自然滚动，用规范稿源（原发的），管好跟贴。
2007年8月16日 11:03:32 杨乐凤凰塌桥事件，请各网统一撤到国内，不要再做头条，这件事不炒大为好。
2007年8月16日14:33:30 黄婧各网:请将本网站的17大工作预案于明天下午4:00前发给我办.
2007年8月19日14：07 陈华各位：忙将“激流中国”设为关键词屏蔽，搜索无结果，不设相关；这几天灾害较多，要严格规范稿源，只用中央重点媒体的原发稿，多报救灾，正常报道，不大炒。
2007年8月20日09:24:39 黄婧
各网:山东矿难一事的跟帖请加 管理,删除借机攻击党和政府、攻击我制度的言论。
2007年8月19日 16:42:58 黄婧各网:”发改委：目前物价上涨不是全面通货膨胀前兆”这条新闻的跟帖请清理一下,删除借机攻击党和政府、攻击各项政策和措施的言论。
2007年8月19日 22:04:15二级：有关人民日报记者采访湖南凤凰县大桥垮塌被打，以及人民群众给人民 日报记者送锦旗一事各网一律不报道，互动环节也不讨论。请大家自查一下
2007-08-20 23:20:16二级：有关人民日报记者采访湖南凤凰县大桥垮塌被打，以及群众给记者送锦旗一事各网一律不报道，互动环节也不讨论。
2007-08-22 17:34:17一级:请将“胡海峰 戴莎莎”设为搜索无结果
2007-08-23 17:10:53 黄婧各门户:请在要闻区下部转载”德国学者撰文批评达赖”一文，链接为：http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/hqzg/2007-08/22/content_6036665.htm。
2007-08-27 17:54:19三级：关于近期志愿兵各类维权信息，请各网在互动环节加强监控，及时删除
2007-08-27 15:02:27一级：中石化北京公司一奥运储油库发生轻微泄露，各网一律不报道，论坛、
博客等互动环节不传播、不讨论。
2007年8月28日 20:02:22各位晚上好：请各位网站务必管理好十七大相关内容。只用新华或人民稿件，不得制伏歧义标题。特别是在互动环节，一定要加强管理。劳请交接班时也叮嘱一下！谢谢各位，费心了
2007-08-28 09:23:38二级：近日，有网站转载《华商报》 “陕西安康市宁陕县一民政干部为迎接上级检查雇人跨县‘扔乞丐’致其死亡”的消息。对此，各网站不予转发，已转发的要立即删除，博客、论坛和即时通讯等互动栏目也不转贴、不讨论。
These translated directives were first posted by Rogier Creemers on China Copyright and Media on January 19, 2013 (here). This post is the 59th in the series.
