Company: FENG
Filing Date: 2025-04-18
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0000950170-25-055759
Chunk: 52

Company: Phoenix New Media Ltd
Filing Date: 2025-04-18
Form: 20-F
Item: Item 4
Chunk 52
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 websites intending to publish news released by the aforementioned news agencies must enter into agreements with the respective organizations, and file copies of such agreements with the news office of the provincial-level government.

On May 2, 2017, the CAC issued theProvisions on Administration over the Internet News Information Services, which became effective on June 1, 2017 and replaced theProvisions for the Administration of Internet News Information Services, promulgated by the SCIO, and MII, which became effective as of September 25, 2005. In addition, CAC issued theImplementing Rules for the Administration of the Licensing for Internet News Information Services on May 22, 2017, which became effective as of June 1, 2017. According to these regulations, Internet news information services are divided into three categories: collecting, editing and releasing Internet news information service; reposting Internet news information and providing platforms to disseminate such news information. Anyone who intends to provide the public with news information services on the Internet via Internet websites, applications, forums, blogs, micro-blogs, official accounts, instant messaging tools, network-based broadcast, etc. shall obtain an Internet news license, and is forbidden to carry out any activities concerning Internet news information services without the permit or beyond the permitted scope. Where such an applicant is an entity other than a news entity, or a party whose entity-in-charge is a news publicity department, the application shall first be subject to preliminary examination by the applicable cyberspace administrator at the provincial level, and thereafter be examined and approved by the CAC. No organization may establish the Internet news information service entity in the form of a Sino-foreign equity joint venture, Sino-foreign cooperative joint venture or wholly foreign-invested enterprise. When an Internet news information service entity cooperates with a Sino-foreign equity joint venture, Sino-foreign cooperative joint venture or wholly foreign-invested enterprise, such cooperation shall be submitted to the CAC for security assessment. In addition, an Internet news information service provider shall request its users to submit their real identification information in accordance with the provisions of the Cybersecurity Law, provided that it provides such users with a platform to disseminate news information on the Internet. Where any user refuses to provide its real identification information, the Internet news information service provider is not allowed to provide it with relevant services.

On March 12, 2022, the NDRC and MOFCOM jointly issued theNegative List for Market Access (2022 Edition),