Institutional Functions of Zhejiang Bureau of Press and Publication:

1. To implement the laws, codes and policies of the party and the state regarding news, press, and copyright. To study and draft the local codes and regulations as trusted regarding news, press and copyright (industrial) administration, and implement them upon deliberation and approval.

2. To draft the development strategies (including publishing, printing, duplicating, issuing, similarly hereinafter), overall layout, mid to long term development plans, annual plan and key press plans and guide the implementation.

3. To supervise all the press activities in Zhejiang, to be responsible for the administration of publishing, duplicating, printing and issuing of books, newspapers, periodicals and e-publication in Zhejiang, to be responsible for the administration of publishing and duplicating of audio products.

4. To exam and approve the newly founded press and the publishing, duplicating and issuing (wholesale) organization of the new publications (including books, papers, periodicals, audio publications, similarly hereinafter); to exam and approve the headquarters of issuing organizations and FIEs in press industry; to exam and approve the collective management institutions and agencies of copyright; to exam and approve the printing organizations of books and newspapers.

5. To exam and approve the changes of the format of newspapers and periodicals; to be responsible for the examination and management of transformation from restricted paper to restricted documents, and for keeping/managing the file of e-publications. To exam the printing of general overseas publications, exam and manage the book wholesale organizations of the second level.

6. To organize the reading of various publications, exam and manage topic selection, punish the illegal publications.

7. To manage the book, newspaper and e-publication markets in Zhejiang, draft the market codes and punish illegal publications and relevant behavior.

8. To supervise the printing industry in Zhejiang; to be responsible for constituting the overall production volume, structure and layout; to be responsible for examining and approving the establishment of designated national level printing enterprises, designated provincial level enterprises and press license enterprises.

9. To be responsible for the supervision of publishing, printing, issuing and formatting high school and primary school textbook markets in Zhejiang.

10. To administer the copyright activities in Zhejiang(including computer software copyright), disseminating and popularizing laws and regulations relating to copyright; to be responsible for investigating the major cases relating to copyright pirating, organize the defining work of copyright pirating; to be responsible for external exchanges and cooperation relating to press and copyright, to coordinate and manage the import and export of publications with relevant departments.

11. To participate in formulating the economic policies in press trade and various economic adjusting measures in Zhejiang; to draft the technical development plans and standardization plans in press trade and guiding the implementation. To coordinate the administration of the R&D work in press trade.

12. To be responsible for implementing the team building and talent training in press trade and copyright management; to be responsible for honoring and awarding the press and copyright management work in Zhejiang.

13. To undertake other tasks as trusted by the party committee and the Provincial Government of Zhejiang.

Public TEL£º0086-571-87163108

Supervision TEL: 87163106

ADDR£ºNo.225,Qingchun Road, Hanghou

POST£º310006

E-MAIL£ºscbj@zj.gov.cn