Article 20 Where a staff member of Xinhua News Agency commits one of the following acts, Xinhua News Agency shall impose on him a disciplinary penalty:

(1) Issuing approval document to an applicant that does not meet the requirements specified in these Measures;

(2) Failing to perform his duties of supervision and administration in accordance with law;

(3) Failing to investigate and deal with violations of law upon receiving reports thereon; and

(4) Abusing his powers, neglecting his duties, or engaging in malpractices for personal gain, etc.

Article 21 These Measures shall be applied mutatis mutandis to the release of news and information on the mainland by news agencies and other news and information releasing entities of the nature of a news agency in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Macao Special Administrative Region and Taiwan.

Article 22 These Measures shall go into effect as of the date of promulgation. The Methods for the Exercise of Administration Over Publication in China of Economic Information by Foreign News Agencies and Their Information Subsidiaries, promulgated by Xinhua News Agency on April 15, 1996, are repealed simultaneously.

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