Company: ZHIHF
Filing Date: 2025-04-15
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001410578-25-000729
Chunk: 135

Company: Zhihu Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-15
Form: 20-F
Item: Item 3
Chunk 135
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 streaming content, conducting classification, and grading management according to the online live streaming content categories, user scale, and others, and adding tags to graphics, video, audio, or broadcast tag information for platforms; (ii) conducting verification on online live streaming users with valid identification information (e. g., authentic mobile phone numbers) and validating the registration of online live streaming publishers based on their identification documents (such as identity documents, business licenses, and organization code certificates); (iii) examining and verifying the authenticity of the identification information of online live streaming service publishers, classifying and filing such identification information records with the internet information offices at the provincial level where they are located and providing such information to applicable law enforcement departments upon legal request; (iv) entering into a service agreement with the users of online live streaming services of which the essential clauses should be under guidance of internet information offices at the provincial level, to clarify the rights and obligations of the parties and require them to comply with the laws, regulations, and platform conventions; and (v) establishment of a credit-rating system and a blacklist system, to provide management and services according to such credit rating, prohibiting the re-registration of accounts by online live streaming service users on the blacklist, and promptly reporting such users to the internet information offices.

According to the Administrative Regulations on Online Live Streaming Services, online live streaming service providers and online live streaming publishers that provide internet news information services without licenses, or exceed the scope of their licenses, shall be subject to punishment by the CAC and its provincial counterparts which may include an order to cease such services and a fine of RMB10,000 to RMB30,000. Other violations of the Administrative Regulations on Online Live Streaming Services are subject to punishment by the national and local internet information offices. Furthermore, any violations that constitute criminal offenses may result in criminal investigations or penalties being enforced.

On September 2, 2016, the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television issued the Circular of the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television on Issues Concerning Strengthening the Administration of Online Live Streaming of Audio-Visual Programs. According to the circular, appropriate Audio-Visual Permit is a prerequisite for online audio-visual live streaming of general cultural events of social communities, sports events, important political, military, economic, social, and cultural events. Information about specific activities to be streamed shall be filled in advance to the provincial counterparts of the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television. Online audio-visual