General Administration of Press and Publication

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General Administration of Press and Publication (GAPP;

State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film, and Television (Chinese: 国家新闻出版广播电影电视总局; pinyin
: Guójiā Xīnwén Chūbǎn Guǎngbò Diànyǐng Diànshì Zǒngjú) .

The agency has been satirized in the notable machinima War of Internet Addiction.[citation needed]

Administration

The agency is administered by a few administrators.[2]

  • 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:[3]

  • 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
: 国家版权局) which is responsible for copyright affairs in China.

Area of responsibilities

The agency is in charge of regulating:[3]

  • 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, electronic publication copying agencies and newspaper groups
  • Agents – dealing with imported publications
  • Foreign joint ventures in the news, print, and communications industry.

See also

  • Media of China
  • Publishing in China

References

  1. ^ Frater, Patrick (2018-05-25). "China Appoints Wang Xiaohui as Film Bureau Chief". Variety. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
  2. ^ "General Administration of Press and Publication".
  3. ^ a b "General Administration of Press and Publications". Archived from the original on 2008-12-01. Retrieved 2015-11-06.

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