China News Agency, Beijing, April 6 (Reporter Gao Kaiyingni) The State Press and Publication Administration of China and the State Administration of Radio and Television of China jointly issued the "Notice on Carrying out Special Rectification Work on the Problem of Irregular Use of Chinese Characters in the Field of Press, Publication, Radio and Television" ( (hereinafter referred to as the Notice), requiring press and publication, radio and television administrative departments at all levels and all units in the field of press, publication, radio and television to implement the supervisory sponsorship system and the principles of "whoever publishes is responsible" and "whoever produces and broadcasts is responsible", and conducts supervision over publications, television Conduct a comprehensive self-examination and clean-up on the use of Chinese characters such as online audio-visual programs.

  The notice pointed out that in recent years, with the rapid development of information technology, the application scenarios of computer Chinese character fonts have become increasingly rich, and the fonts have become more diverse. Problems such as low level, especially some "ugly" and "weird" type information font products, vulgar and hasty exaggerated deformation of fonts, deviating from the writing norms, cultural connotation and aesthetic taste of Chinese characters, causing adverse social impact.

  The notice clarifies that the scope of this inventory mainly includes: headers (names), titles, and covers (including front, back, spine, etc.) of books, newspapers, periodicals, audio-visual products, electronic publications, online publications and related new media. , main page, internal text (including main text, content abstract, catalogue and auxiliary text such as copyright record items), packaging decorations, advertising materials and other words; radio, television and online audio-visual programs, plays, documentaries, cartoons, advertisements and The title of the promotional material, the name of the production unit of the title, subtitles, credits and other words.

  The notice requires that the press, publication, radio and television administrative departments at all levels should consolidate their management responsibilities, improve the long-term mechanism, and guide relevant units to strictly review and control the use of words in publications, television, and online audio-visual programs. Irregular problems will be carefully rectified, and fonts that violate the rules of writing Chinese characters and aesthetic taste, and that are shoddy, clumsy and exaggerated, and look bad, will be cleaned up and replaced in a timely manner.

  The notice also pointed out that it is necessary to work with relevant departments to guide font production enterprises to carry out self-examination, to clean up font products that do not meet national regulations and standards, to adjust products with irregular or unsightly fonts in a timely manner, and to guide them to create more products that are in line with the market. Demand and standard, beautiful font products of the font library.

The notice specifically proposes that the press and publication administrative departments at all levels should incorporate the use of Chinese characters into the publication quality inspection index system, and incorporate it into the scope of daily review and management.

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