Department： Holding forum activities should be registered according to law and have legal status.

CCTV News:According to "Voice of Cultural Travel" in WeChat official account, recently, 10 departments including the Central Propaganda Department, the Central Network Information Office, the Foreign Affairs Office of the Central Committee, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission and the General Administration of Market Supervision jointly issued the Notice on Further Strengthening the Standardized Management of Forum Activities, and put forward 10 suggestions for forum activities (including forums, summits, annual meetings and other forum-like meetings) held by various subjects to the public.

"Notice" requires that forum activities must adhere to the guidance of Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought of the Supreme Leader in the New Era, practice socialist core values, abide by relevant laws, regulations and policies, and ensure correct political orientation, value orientation and public opinion orientation. All kinds of social subjects holding forum activities should be registered according to law and have legal status. Enterprises and social organizations that are not legally registered or have no actual undertaker may not openly hold forum activities for the society. The names of forum activities should be accurate, standardized and be worthy of the name, and the words "China", "China", "the whole country", "the world", "summit", "high-end" and "peak" should not be used at will. The theme setting of forum activities shall not exceed the responsibilities of the organizer, and the establishment of sub-forums, sub-forums and parallel forums shall closely focus on the theme of the main forum activities.

The "Notice" emphasizes that on the one hand, we will severely crack down on all kinds of illegal activities in forum activities, focusing on cracking down on illegal activities such as forum activities, "cottage" forum activities, and fraudulent wealth collection in the name of forum activities, clarifying the responsibilities of various regulatory departments and forming a long-term crackdown mechanism; On the other hand, we will encourage and support the legal compliance forum activities, and create a number of exemplary and leading brand forum activities by strengthening publicity and promotion, providing business guidance and giving praise and rewards.

The "Notice" puts forward specific requirements for social organizations, party and government organs and their directly affiliated units to hold forum activities, and further clarifies the responsibilities of the competent host, territorial management and industry management. The "Notice" puts forward requirements for the venue providers and publicity and promotion platforms of the forum activities, and at the same time emphasizes the need to strengthen credit management and social supervision, and bring the subjects who hold forum activities in violation of laws and regulations and cause adverse social impacts into the scope of credit management, give priority supervision, and encourage all sectors of society to complain and report and safeguard their rights according to law.

Since March this year, the Propaganda Department of the Central Committee, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and other departments have jointly deployed a nationwide special clean-up and rectification work for forum activities. All localities and departments have earnestly implemented and actively cooperated, cracking down on a number of illegal activities, and the chaos of forum activities has been effectively curbed. The purpose of issuing the Notice is to consolidate the results of clean-up and rectification, continuously crack down on illegal activities, further standardize management, continuously improve quality, and give full play to the positive role of forum activities in economic, social and cultural development.

Notice on Further Strengthening the Standardized Management of Forum Activities

Departments (bureaus) of culture and tourism of all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government, Party Committee Propaganda Department, Party Committee Information Office, Foreign Affairs Office, Education Department (Education Committee), Public Security Department (Bureau), Civil Affairs Department (Bureau), State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, and Market Supervision Bureau (Department, Committee):

In recent years, forum activities have played an important role in promoting economic and social development and ideological and cultural exchanges, but at the same time, there are also some problems such as fake official institutions and formal organizations holding "cottage" forum activities, illegally carrying out appraisal and commendation activities, illegally charging fees to collect money, arbitrarily naming them as high-standard names, overlapping themes and vague content, which have caused waste of economic and social resources, disrupted market order and harmed the legitimate interests of the people. In order to further crack down on illegal activities and standardize the management of forum activities, the following work requirements are put forward for all kinds of forum activities (including forums, summits, annual meetings and other conference activities with forum nature) held by various subjects to the public.

First, adhere to the correct orientation. To hold forum activities, we must adhere to the guidance of Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought of the Supreme Leader in the New Era, practice socialist core values, and abide by relevant laws, regulations and policies. Organizers should earnestly perform their main responsibilities, strengthen the audit of the content of the event and the management of the whole process of the event, ensure that the forum activities adhere to the correct political direction, value orientation and public opinion orientation, strive to improve the quality of the forum activities, and give full play to the positive role of the forum activities in economic, social and cultural development.

Second, standardize the main body, name and content of forum activities. All kinds of social subjects holding forum activities should be registered according to law and have legal status. Enterprises and social organizations that are not legally registered or have no actual undertaker may not openly hold forum activities for the society. The names of forum activities should be accurate, standardized and be worthy of the name, and the words "China", "China", "the whole country", "the world", "summit", "high-end" and "peak" should not be used at will. The content of forum activities should focus on the center, serve the overall situation, pay attention to quality and effectiveness, and the theme setting should not exceed the responsibility of the organizer. The establishment of sub-forums, sub-forums and parallel forums should closely focus on the theme of the main forum activities.

Third, severely crack down on all kinds of illegal acts. Focus on cracking down on illegal activities such as forum activities held by unregistered subjects to the public, "cottage" forum activities, and fraudulent wealth collection in the name of forum activities. Public security departments crack down on illegal fund-raising, illegal business, pyramid selling, fraud and other illegal and criminal acts according to law. Market supervision departments strictly investigate and deal with illegal charges and false propaganda in forum activities. Civil affairs departments severely crack down on all kinds of illegal social organizations that hold forum activities, and investigate and deal with social organizations that violate laws and regulations on the registration and management of social organizations in holding forum activities according to law. The competent department in charge of commendation and awards shall take measures such as stopping the activities, investigating and dealing with them according to law, ordering rectification, and investigating the responsibilities of relevant personnel.

Fourth, standardize social organizations to hold forum activities. Social organizations holding forum activities shall perform internal working procedures in accordance with the articles of association and perform relevant procedures in accordance with the relevant provisions of their competent units. The theme of the forum should conform to the purpose and business scope stipulated in the articles of association; In cooperation with other units to hold forum activities, it is necessary to strengthen the audit of the qualifications and capabilities of the cooperative units and strengthen the supervision and management of the whole process of the activities; Not only in name, not involved in management, not to cooperate with illegal subjects to carry out activities.

Five, standardize the management of party and government organs and their subordinate units to hold forum activities. In addition to the forum activities decided by the State Council of the CPC Central Committee, the party and government organs and their directly affiliated units shall strictly perform the approval procedures when holding forum activities. Provincial and ministerial party and government organs, people’s organizations, and social organizations approved by the State Council to be exempted from registration to hold new forum activities should be reported to the CPC Central Committee and the State Council for approval; The party committees and governments of all provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) are responsible for examining and approving the forum activities held by regions, departments and units below the provincial level in the region; The central and state organs, people’s organizations and social organizations exempted from registration with the approval of the State Council are responsible for examining and approving the forum activities held by their subordinate organs and directly affiliated units. Establish a reserved list of forum activities by classification, and implement record management for forum activities within the list. Party and government organs at all levels and their directly affiliated units will no longer hold forum activities outside the reserved list in principle. It is really necessary to add, should be strictly examined and demonstrated, according to the procedures for approval into the list management. The examination and approval of the forum activities of the party and government organs and their directly affiliated units shall follow the principles of total control, strict scale control, strict economy, and practical results, so as to prevent formalism and extravagance. Implement the spirit of the eight central regulations and their detailed rules, and standardize party member leading cadres to attend forum activities. Foreign-related forum activities shall be handled in accordance with the relevant regulations on foreign affairs management, and party and state leaders, other leading cadres and important foreign guests shall be invited to attend the forum activities.

Six, encourage and support the legal compliance forum activities. For forum activities with standardized organization, correct orientation, excellent effect and great influence, all localities and departments should support them by strengthening publicity and promotion, providing business guidance, giving praise and rewards, etc., and create a number of exemplary and leading brand forum activities to help forum activities play an active role in the development of high-quality services.

Seven, the implementation of the host responsibility and industry supervision responsibilities. The organizers of the forum activities should earnestly fulfill their main responsibilities, strengthen the management of the whole process of the forum activities, and formulate emergency plans to ensure the healthy and orderly development of the activities. The central and state organs should strengthen the standardized management of forum activities held by their subordinate units, and the competent departments of forum activities in all provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) should earnestly perform their responsibilities of territorial management of forum activities, improve the working mechanism, improve the management system, and strengthen the standardized management of forum activities held by various subjects in the region. All industry management departments should strengthen the business guidance and industry supervision of the forum activities in this industry and this field.

Eight, strengthen the standardized management of the main body of the venue. The main body of the forum venue shall not provide convenience for illegal forum activities. Before signing a contract and providing services, the identity authenticity and legality of the main body of the forum activities shall be verified, and the forum venue shall not be provided for the main body that has not been legally registered. Found that there are illegal clues, should promptly notify the relevant departments.

Nine, standardize the media platform to promote the forum activities. News media, website platforms and public accounts shall not publicize or report illegal forum activities, or advertise or provide communication channels for them; In order to check the information content related to the forum activities, we have to publicize and exaggerate the publicity.

Ten, strengthen credit management and social supervision. For the main body that holds forum activities in violation of laws and regulations and causes adverse social impact, in addition to dealing with it according to relevant laws and regulations, the relevant competent departments should bring it into the scope of credit management. All relevant departments should promote information sharing, and focus on the supervision of forum activities and organizers with bad credit records. Smooth channels for reporting complaints, encourage the broad masses to actively participate in the activities of the forum to crack down on violations of laws and regulations, and encourage the organizers of the compliance forum to safeguard their rights and interests according to law.

All localities and departments should further improve their political stance, conscientiously implement the spirit of this circular, strengthen their responsibility, build an efficient and orderly working mechanism in accordance with the requirements of overall coordination, graded responsibility, classified management and linkage between the upper and lower levels, strengthen organizational leadership, compact responsibilities at all levels, adhere to problem-oriented, treat both the symptoms and the root causes, and make precise policies to promote the healthy and orderly development of forum activities.