Pre-approval
For websites related to industries such as extracurricular training (high school and below), news, publishing, drugs and medical devices, culture, radio, film and television programs, online appointment cars, Internet finance, and religion, corresponding pre-approval procedures are required. This article introduces you to the industry categories and approval agencies involved in pre-approval. If your website needs pre-approval, you can contact the relevant local department for handling according to this article.
Precautions
- If your sponsor’s name, business scope, website name and website content, etc., involve pre-approval of relevant industries, you must handle pre-approval documents, otherwise it will lead to failure of the record review.
- If you have consulted the corresponding approval unit and are informed that you do not need to handle pre-approval, during the filing process, you need to provide notes or submit a letter of commitment as proof materials. For details, please refer to Situation Explanation Letter of Commitment Template.
- If you are unsure whether you need pre-approval documents or pledges, please contact your account manager or technical support.
Pre-approval Industries and Approval Units
| Category | Approval Units | Pre-Approval Document Name | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extracurricular training | Various provincial and municipal education administrative departments | ”Private School License” | If the unit name or business scope involves education keywords, a letter of commitment may be provided according to different provincial audit rules and uploaded as other pictures. Subject training needs to provide “Private school license” which needs to contain extracurricular training or specific subjects. |
| News | Office of the Provincial and Municipal Cybersecurity and Informationization Committee | ”Internet News Information Service License” | None |
| Publishing | Provincial Propaganda Departments and News Publishing and Broadcasting Bureaus of various provinces | ”Internet Publishing License” | Includes games, game version number needs to be explained in remarks |
| Drugs and Medical Devices | Provincial and Municipal Food and Drug Administration | ”Internet Drug Information Service Qualification Certificate” | |
| Culture | Provincial and Municipal Department of Culture and Tourism | ”Network Culture Business License” | Live broadcast, music, etc., non-games |
| Radio, Film and Television Programmes | Provincial Propaganda Departments and News Publishing and Broadcasting Bureaus of various provinces | ”Information Network Broadcasting Audiovisual Program License” | On-demand, only state-owned enterprises can handle |
| Online Car Booking | Traffic Management Committee of the company’s registered location | ”Online Car Booking Rental Business License” | None |
| Financial | People’s Bank Provincial Finance Office Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission Securities Regulatory Commission China Securities Investment Fund Industry Association | None | Non-pre-approved type, please upload as other pictures. |
| Religion | Provincial and Municipal Ethnic and Religious Affairs Committees | ”Internet Religious Information Service License” | None |
Extracurricular Training Category
According to the “Opinions on Further Reducing the Homework Burden for Compulsory Education Students and the Burden of Extracurricular Training” issued by the General Office of the CCP Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council, all companies involved in extracurricular training (including online training, offline training, remote training and other forms of training) must provide pre-approval documents provided by the education department in the province, city, and district where the filing is located before filing. Professional training does not involve this content.
News Category
Internet news information service refers to the services providing news information on the Internet (political news information, including reports and comments on politics, economy, military, diplomacy and other public affairs, and reports and comments on social emergencies), providing political electronic bulletin services and sending political communications to the public.
First Category: Internet news information service units posting beyond their own type of news information, providing political electronic bulletin services, sending political communications to the public.
Second Category: Non-internet news information service units set up ro re-transmit news information, provide political electronic bulletin services, sending political communications to the public.
Third Category: News units post news information that they have already published and broadcasted.
Publishing Category
Internet publishing is the act of online dissemination in which the service provider uploads its own creative works or the works created by others onto the Internet or sends them to the end-user through the Internet for the public to browse, read, use, or download after selection and editorial processing. Its works mainly include: formally published books, newspapers, periodicals, audio-visual products, electronic publications and other publication contents; or works in literature, arts and natural science, social science, engineering technology, etc. that have been publicly published on other media after editing and processing.
All those who operate electronic reading, electronic publications, audio-visual products, internet books, internet newspapers, internet magazines, mobile phone publications, academic publications, artistic publications, educational publications, maps, etc. on the internet and mobile web need to apply for an Internet Publishing License to the relevant unit.
Drugs and Medical Devices Category
According to the “Internet Pharmaceutical Information Service Management Measures”, the Internet pharmaceutical information service is a service activity that provides drug (including medical device) information to Internet users through the Internet.
Culture Category
According to the “Interim Provisions on Internet Culture Management”, Internet cultural products are cultural products produced, transmitted and circulated through the Internet, such as live broadcasts, music, animation, etc.
Radio, Film and Television Programs Category
Audio-visual programs composed of continuous moving images or continuous listening sounds recorded by cameras, tape recorders, and other audio-visual recording equipment, end up being used, such as video websites, on-demand websites.
Online Car Booking
Those who are engaged in the operation, management and other related activities of online car booking rental in the administrative region of the city should apply for “Online Car Booking Rental Operation License”. Online car booking rental services refers to the business activities of building a service platform based on internet technology, integrating supply and demand information, using vehicles and drivers that meet the conditions, and providing non-cruising appointment rental car services (it can be simply understood that the company provides online car booking services through the internet platform).
Financial Category
Non-financial institutions and enterprises that do not engage in financial activities, according to the submitted filing unit name / business scope / website name / website content, etc., involving exchanges, trading centers, finance, asset management, wealth management, funds, fund management, investment management, wealth management, equity investment funds, online lending, network lending, P2P, equity crowdfunding, Internet insurance, payment and other financial words, when filing a website, need to provide specialized approval documents from the financial management department. As the rules in each province are different, the above financial keywords are for reference only, and the actual audit results prevail.
Related pre-approval filing departments involved in financial business (for reference only):
- Internet payment business can consult the People’s Bank.
- Network lending (P2P network lending, network microfinance) business can consult the Provincial Finance Office, Banking Regulator.
- Internet insurance business can consult the Insurance Regulatory Commission.
- Internet trust and Internet consumer finance business can consult the Banking Regulator.
- Equity crowdfunding financing, Internet funds, fund sales, financing, financing guaranty business can consult the Securities Regulatory Commission (Jiangsu Province website involves financing, financing guaranty words can consult the Commission of Economy and Credit).
- Private fund business can consult the China Securities Investment Fund Industry Association (Jiangsu Province needs to provide approval documents related to financial filing allowed by the financial regulator).
Special cases (for reference only):
- As foundations (charitable, public welfare), need to submit entry proof materials such as registration of civil affairs departments and the company’s stamped guarantee letter that the company does not engage in financial business, users in Zhejiang Province also need to provide relevant identification from relevant financial regulators, those without relevant financial permits are not allowed to file.
- If the website content really has nothing to do with financial activities, the user needs to change the company’s registered name or business scope, otherwise, the filing will not be allowed.
Game Category
Game products need to be approved before they can be officially launched and charged. The game industry in Sichuan and Hubei provinces is pre-approved by the News Publishing Bureau, and the game industry in other provinces is pre-approved by the Central Propaganda Department Publishing Bureau or provincial Press and Publication Broadcasting Bureau.
Religion Category
Posting, promoting or conducting various religious-related information and activities on the Internet. At present, only in Guangdong Province, when filing religious records, the approval letter or approval document for allowing religious information on the Internet needs to be provided by the Ethnic and Religious Committee of the filing province, city, and district.