Central Government shall submit a copy of the agreement to the Information Office of the State Council for record; while any other Internet news information service provider shall submit a copy of the agreement to the relevant local information office of the people's government of the province, autonomous region or municipality directly under the Central Government for record.

A news entity of the Central Government or a news entity directly under the people's government of a province, autonomous region or municipality directly under the Central Government shall check the other party's license for Internet news information services when concluding the agreement as prescribed in the preceding paragraph. And it may not provide any news information to an entity that has no license for Internet news information services.

Article 18 In case a news entity of the Central Government plans to cooperate with an Internet news information service provider as prescribed in Item 2 of Paragraph 1 of Article 5 of the present Rules in Internet news services other than making contributions, it shall, 10 days before engaging in business cooperation, report it to the Information Office of the State Council; in case any other news entity plans to cooperate with an Internet news information service provider prescribed in Item 2 of Paragraph 1 of Article 5 of the present Rules in Internet news services other than making contributions, it shall, 10 days before engaging in business cooperation, report it to the relevant local information office of the people's government of the province, autonomous region or municipality directly under the Central Government.

Article 19 The news information published or transmitted by an Internet news information service provider as well as its any electronic bulletin service on current affairs and politics may not include any of the following contents:

(1) Those in contravention of basic principles as determined in the Constitution;

(2) Those that endanger national security, disclose state secrets, subvert state power, or undermine national unification;

(3) Those harmful to the honor or interests of the state;

(4) Those provoking ethnic hatred or discrimination, or undermining ethnic solidarity;

(5) Those breaking religious policies of the state, or blazoning forth evil cults or superstition;

(6) Those spreading any rumor to disturb the public order or destroy social stability;

(7) Those spreading obscenity, eroticism, gambling, violence and terrorism or abetting the commission of crimes;

(8) Those that insult or slander others, or infringe upon the legitimate rights and interests of others;

(9) Those that instigate others to hold any assembly, to form any association, or to parade or demonstrate in unlawful ways, or assemble a crowd to disturb the public order;

(10) The activities carried out in the name of an illegal non-government organization;

(11) Those containing other contents as prohibited by any law or administrative regulations of the state.

Article 20 An Internet news information service provider shall establish the liability system for news content management. It may not publish or transmit the news information containing any content in violation of Paragraph 1 of Article 3 or Article 19 of the present Rules. Where the electronic bulletin services on current affairs and politics provided by it are found to contain any content violating Paragraph 1 of Article 3 or Article 19 of the present Rules, it shall immediately cut out such content, keep relevant records and provide them to the relevant department for reference in case of need.