National Internet Information Office of the People's Republic of China

SynonymouswiththeNationalInternetInformationOffice,generallyreferstotheNationalInternetInformationOfficeofthePeople'sRepublicofChina.

History

InMay2011,theNationalInternetInformationOfficeofthePeople'sRepublicofChinawasestablished.

InMarch2018,theStateCouncilissuedthe"NoticeoftheStateCouncilontheEstablishmentofInstitutions".Thenoticepointedout:TheNationalInternetInformationOfficeandtheOfficeoftheCentralCyberSecurityandInformationCommissionaretwobrandsforoneinstitution.ThesequenceofinstitutionsdirectlyundertheCentralCommitteeoftheCommunistPartyofChina.

InstitutionalResponsibilities

ImplementInternetinformationdisseminationguidelinesandpoliciesandpromotetheconstructionofInternetinformationdisseminationlegalsystem,guide,coordinate,andurgerelevantdepartmentstostrengthenInternetinformationcontentmanagement,andberesponsibleforonlinenewsbusinessandotherrelatedmattersBusinessapprovalanddailysupervision,guiderelevantdepartmentstodoagoodjobinonlinegames,onlineaudio-visual,onlinepublishingandotheronlineculturalbusinesslayoutplanning,coordinaterelevantdepartmentstoplanandimplementtheconstructionofonlineculturalpositions,andberesponsiblefortheplanningandconstructionofkeynewswebsites,Organizeandcoordinateonlinepublicitywork,investigateanddealwithillegalwebsitesinaccordancewiththelaw,andguiderelevantdepartmentstosuperviseandurgetelecomoperationcompanies,accessservicecompanies,domainnameregistrationmanagementandserviceagencies,etc.todoagoodjobindomainnameregistration,Internetaddress(IPaddress)allocation,andwebsiteregistrationandfilingThebasicInternetmanagementworksuchas,access,etc.,guidesrelevantInternetdepartmentsinvariousplacestocarryouttheirworkwithinthescopeoftheirduties.

National Internet Information Office of the People's Republic of China

Currentleaders

DeputyMinisteroftheCentralPropagandaDepartment,DirectoroftheCentralCyberspaceAffairsOffice,DirectoroftheNationalCyberspaceAdministrationofChina:ZhuangRongwen

DeputyDirectoroftheCentralCyberspaceAdministrationofChina,NationalDeputyDirectoroftheCyberspaceAdministrationofChina:ShengRonghua

DeputyDirectoroftheCentralCyberspaceAdministrationofChina,DeputyDirectoroftheNationalCyberspaceAdministrationofChina:NiuYibing

DeputyDirectoroftheCyberspaceAdministrationofChina,NationalCyberspaceAdministrationofChinaDeputyDirector:ZhaoZeliang

PreviousLeaders

PreviousDirector:WangChen

RelatedNews

December2019,NationalInternetInformationOfficeThe"RegulationsontheEcologicalGovernanceofNetworkInformationContent"(hereinafterreferredtoasthe"Regulations")wasissued,whichwillcomeintoforceonMarch1,2020.TherelevantpersoninchargeoftheNationalInternetInformationOfficestatedthatthe"Regulations"wereissuedtocreateagoodnetworkecology,protectthelegitimaterightsandinterestsofcitizens,legalpersonsandotherorganizations,andsafeguardnationalsecurityandpublicinterests.

The"Regulations"clarifythatusersofonlineinformationcontentservicesshouldusetheInternetinacivilizedandhealthymanner,andperformcorrespondingobligationsinaccordancewiththerequirementsoflawsandregulationsanduseragreements,andpost,reply,leavemessages,bulletscreens,etc.Whenparticipatinginonlineactivitiesintheformofcivilizedinteractionandrationalexpression,theillegalinformationspecifiedinArticle6oftheseregulationsshallnotbereleased,andtheharmfulinformationspecifiedinArticle7oftheseregulationsshallbepreventedandresisted.Onlineinformationcontentserviceusers,producers,andplatformsmustnotengageinillegalactivitiessuchasonlineviolence,humanfleshsearch,deepforgery,trafficfraud,oraccountmanipulation.