Getting More Culture: New Rules For ICPs

By Nancy Leigh, Baker & McKenzie, Hong Kong

Internet content providers (ICPs) in China are subject to strict regulation by the Ministry of Information Industry (MII) and local telecommunications authorities as set out in the PRC Telecommunications Regulations (中华人民共和国电信条例)and the Administration of Internet Information Services Procedures (the IIS Procedures). Now, the Ministry of Culture (MOC) has added a new layer of administrative control with the Administration of Culture on the Internet Tentative Provisions (the Tentative Provisions), effective from July 1 2003.