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Administration

The agency is administered by a few administrators. *Director of the General Office **Sun Shoushan *Director of the National Copyright Administration **Wang Ziqiang *National Office of Crackdown on Pornographic and Illegal Publications **Li Baozhong


Internal departmental structure

The agency is organised into the following departments: *General Office *Book Publishing Management Department *Newspaper and Magazine Publishing Department *Department for the Management of Audio and Video Products and Electronic Publications *Department for the Management of Publication Distribution *Department for the Management of Printing Industry *Personnel and Education Department *External Cooperation Department *Copyright Management Department The agency is the parent authority of the National Copyright Administration (
Chinese Chinese can refer to: * Something related to China * Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity **''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chinese nation ** List of ethnic groups in China, people of ...
: 国家版权局) which is responsible for copyright affairs in China.


Area of responsibilities

The agency is in charge of regulating: *New publishing houses – book, audio-visual, electronic publication, newspaper and periodical offices *General distribution offices – for publications (including books, newspapers, periodicals, audio and video products, and electronic publications *Copyright agencies – audio and video production and electronic publication copying agencies and newspaper groups *Agents – dealing with imported publications *Foreign joint ventures in the news, print and communications industry.


See also

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Media of China The mass media in China consists primarily of television, newspapers, radio, and magazines. Since the start of the 21st century, the Internet has also emerged as an important form of communication by media, and is under the direct supervisi ...
*
Publishing in China Chinese publishing and printing industry have a long history. The first printed book (in paper) discovered so far in the world was published in China during Tang Dynasty (7th century). The Chinese publishing industry continues to grow in modern tim ...


References


External links


General Administration of Press and Publication Official Website

National Copyright Administration of China Official Website
{{authority control Government agencies of China State Council of the People's Republic of China