(2) Internet news information service providers established by non-news entities to republish news information, to provide electronic bulletin services relating to current affairs and politics, and to transmit communication information of current affairs and politics to the public;

(3) Internet news information service providers established by news entities to publish the news information which has been published or broadcasted by the said news entities.

The establishment of the Internet news information service providers prescribed in Items 1 and 2 of the preceding paragraph shall be subject to the examination and approval of the Information Office of the State Council according to the Decision of the State Council on Establishing Administrative License for the Administrative Examination and Approval Items Really Necessary to Be Retained and other relevant administrative regulations.

The establishment of Internet news information service providers prescribed in Item 3 of Paragraph 1 of this Article shall be filed for record with the Information Office of the State Council or the information office of the people's government of the province, autonomous region or municipality directly under the Central Government.

Article 6 Where an Internet news information service provider is jointly established by a news entity and a non-news entity, and the proportion of equity owned by the news entity is no less than 51 percent, it shall be deemed as established by the news entity; while if the proportion of equity owned by the news entity is less than 51 percent, such an Internet news information service provider shall be deemed as established by the non-news entity.

Article 7 The applicant shall satisfy the following conditions when applying for the establishment of an Internet news information service provider as prescribed in Item 1 of Paragraph 1 of Article 5 of the present Rules:

(1) Having sound rules and regulations on the management of Internet news information services;

(2) Having not less than five full-time news editors who have engaged in the news work in a news entity for more than three years;

(3) Having the necessary place, equipment and funds, and the sources of the funds being legal.

An institution which is allowed to apply for establishing an Internet news information service provider as prescribed in the preceding paragraph shall be a news entity of the Central Government, a news entity directly under the people's government of a province, autonomous region or municipality directly under the Central Government, or a news entity directly under the people's government of a city where the people?s government of the province or autonomous region is located.

With regard to the examination and approval of the establishment of an Internet news information service provider as prescribed in Paragraph 1 of this Article, the applicant shall satisfy not only the conditions prescribed in this Article, but also the requirements of the Information Office of the State Council on the total quantity, structure and layout for the development of the Internet news information service industry.

Article 8 When applying for establishing an Internet news information service provider as prescribed in Item 2 of Paragraph 1 of Article 5 of the present Rules, the applicant shall not only satisfy the conditions prescribed in Items 1 and 3 of Paragraph 1 of Article 7 of the present Rules, but also have not less than 10 full-time news editors, among whom there shall be not less than five news editors who have engaged in the news work in a news entity for more than three years.

An organization that is allowed to apply for establishing an Internet news information service provider as prescribed in the preceding paragraph shall be a legal person that has lawfully established for more than two years to provide Internet information services, and has not been given any administrative sanction within the latest two years due to violation of laws, regulations and rules for the administration of Internet information services. If the applicant organization is a legal person of enterprise, its registered capital may not be less than 10 million yuan.