Application formalities: (I) "Registration Form of Application for Permit on Making and Operating Radio and Television Program", two copies for a form;
(II) Constitution;
(III) Copies of instrument of approval on name or business license issued by administrative organs of industry and commerce;
(IV)Documents confirmed by responsibility organ;
(V)Documents of funds issued by accountant firm;
(VI) Records, certificate on his free of criminal record and ID card of legal representitive and certificate on qualifications for producing radio and television programs of the producer;
(VII) Working experience, certificates on professional titles, ID card and contracts of engagement of the professional personnel;
(VIII) Documents on lease or purchases invoices of equipments for program production;
(IX) Title deed or lease contract of the business ground with title deed of the renter. 
Transaction procedures:
(I) To accept the application:
Center of application accepting check and verify application materials, then producing written document on accepting or not accepting the application on the spot, submitting the materials to office of the Administration of Radio, Film and Television of Shanghai within 24 hours, who is to send the materials to the department on radio, film and television to do verifications work.
(II) Verification work
1. Personnel accepting the materials at department on radio, film and television is to finish preliminary examination on the application materials within 5 working days, producing an opinion on whether to approve or not(if materials are not complete or not conform  to legal form, the department on radio, film and television is to notify Center of  application accepting within 3 working days from the day when they receive the materials, and the center is to inform applicants of contents to be supplemented within 5 working days from the day when they accept the application. During applicants supplement their application materials, examination and approval procedures are paused);
2. Department director is to produce opinions on verification within 3 working days from the day when he gets opinion from preliminary examination from the person handling the application at the department on radio, film and television;
3. Leader in charge of the work is to make a decision on whether to approve the application or not within 3 working days;
4. Office of the administration is to send the decision to department of radio, film and television, and person at the department receiving the decision is to notify the decision to the center of appliction accepting within 1 day. Those getting the approval are to be issued a "Permit on Making and Operating Radio and Television Program" and those not getting the approval are to be notified the reason in written form.  　　

(III) Issued certificates (or inform)
The Center of application accepting is to send the Permit or written reasons to applicants within 4 working days from the day when they receive notification from department on radio, film and television. 
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System of annual inspection is carried out to "Permit on Making and Operating Radio and Television Programs", and specific methods are to be done according to notification from the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television.

The transaction is based on: (I) "Provisional Regulations on Administration of Film and Television Program Making Organs" (Decree 16 from the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television issued on September 1st, 1995);
(II) "Notification on Issuing 'Permit on Making Radio and TV Programs' and 'Permit on Making TV Series'" (issued by the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television on October 23rd, 1998, G.F.S.Z.[1998] No.653);
(III)"Notification on Detailed Rules of Implementing Accession System for Making and Distributing Radio and TV Programs(trial implementation)"(issued by State Administration of Radio, Film and Television on December 17th, 2001, G.F.B.Z.[2001] No.1476);
(IV) "Notification on Improving Administrative Methods on Radio and Television Programs and TV Series Making"(issued by the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television on June 6th, 2003, G.F.B.Z.[2003] No.595) 

Applicant qualifications: (I) Having responsibility organs doing censoring work on contents of program made or distributed by the applicants, and the responsibility organs should be administrative organs on news, culture, radio and television above municipal level, or grade I associations in news, culture and radio and television registered at civil administrative organs, or the administrative departments on radio and television on provincial level;
(II) Having funds and technical equipment fit for the business of making and operating radio and television programs;
(III) Having a registered fund of no less than 3 million RMB;
(IV)Having an institutional frame fit for its business, with more than 5 professional personnel, who have above middle-rank professional title in the field and an experience of more than 2 years in radio and television, news publicity or artisitic work, etc.;
(V) Its legal representative has "Certificate on Qualifications for Producer of Radio and Television Programs" issued by administrative organs on radio, film and television above provincial level;
(VI) Having fixed business ground for business of making and operating radio and television programs.