The Measures for the Administration of the Use of Renminbi Designs, as deliberated and adopted on September 18, 2019 at the first executive meeting of the People's Bank of China in 2019, is hereby issued, and shall come into force on November 15, 2019.
Yi Gang, Governor of the People’s Bank of China
October 15, 2019
Measures for the Administration of the Use of Renminbi Designs
Article 1 For the purposes of regulating the use of Renminbi (RMB) designs and maintaining the reputation and order of circulation of RMB, the Measures is developed in accordance with the Law of the People's Republic of China on the People's Bank of China, the Regulation of the People's Republic of China on the Administration of Renminbi, and other laws and regulations.
Article 2 For the purposes of the Measures, “RMB designs” refers to the complete or partial designs of currency issued by the People's Bank of China (PBC).
Article 3 For the purposes of the Measures, “use of RMB designs” refers to the use of RMB designs in an enlarged, reduced or normal size on publicity materials, publications, or other commodities in various forms.
Article 4 RMB designs shall not be used on sacrificial objects, articles for daily use, and coupons.
Article 5 Legal persons, other legally formed organizations, and natural persons in the territory of the People's Republic of China may apply for the use of RMB designs for purposes such as promoting the fine cultures of the nation, reflecting Chinese and foreign achievements in science and culture, disseminating physical currency protection and anti-counterfeit practices, displaying the art of RMB designing, and promoting the sound development of the numismatic culture.
Article 6 The use of RMB designs shall be subject to territorial administration and approval on a case-by-case basis. The Shanghai Head Office, all regional branches and operations offices, all central sub-branches in capital cities of provinces (autonomous regions), and the central sub-branch in Shenzhen of the PBC are the authorities in charge of approving the use of RMB designs. Applications for the use of RMB designs are accepted at the local offices of PBC.
The PBC shall conduct uniform supervision and administration of the approval work of its local offices.
Article 7 To apply for the use of RMB designs, an applicant shall submit the following materials to the local offices of the PBC:
(1) Application Form for Use of RMB Designs (See Annex).
(2) Identity document, business license, or certificate of legal person registration of the applicant.
(3) Design drafts of the products to use RMB designs.
(4) Advertising documents for the products to use RMB designs.
(5) Other relevant materials required by the PBC.
Article 8 The approval authorities shall, within the time limit specified in the Administrative Licensing Law of the People's Republic of China, complete the acceptance and examination of applications for the use of RMB designs, and make decisions on whether to approve the use of RMB designs.
Article 9 The use of RMB designs shall comply with the following provisions:
(1) Printed on one side only.
(2) Not causing any damage to the image of the RMB, nor to national or public interest.
(3) Not causing the public to mistake it for the RMB.
(4) Maintaining the original proportion of the head portrait and national emblem in RMB designs, without any deformation, distortion, damage, or replacement.
(5) Indicating the word “design” clearly in a conspicuous position in the middle of the RMB designs used. The length and width of the word “design” shall not be less than one third of the length and width of the design respectively. However, this requirement does not apply under the following circumstances:
(a) Use of designs of RMB coins.
(b) The area of one side of the RMB note designs used is less than 50% of the original size.
(c) The use, on a tangible carrier, of RMB note designs with each edge enlarged or reduced by over 50% of the original length.
(d) The use, on a digital carrier, of RMB note designs with a resolution of less than 28 pixels per centimeter (72 dpi).
(6) In the production of commodities using RMB designs, the bank name “The People's Bank of China” and currency units shall not be used.
Article 10 The licensees shall, before the marketing of their products, submit the photos of their products and the materials stating the producer, specifications and material quality, publicity methods, and other information to the approval authorities for recordation.
Article 11 The licensees shall use RMB designs within the scopes authorized by the licensing approval documents and remain consistent with the subject matters of their applications. The licensees shall, when using RMB designs, indicate the name of the licensee, the document number of the licensing approval, and the name of the producer.
Article 12 The legally obtained licenses for the use of RMB designs shall not be transferred. The licensing approval document for the use of RMB designs shall not be altered, sold, leased, or lent. The licensees shall appropriately preserve the design molds and information on the source of designs, so as to prevent the illegal use of RMB designs.
Article 13 The PBC and its local offices shall have the authority to conduct supervisory inspection of the licensees, and the licensees shall honestly provide the relevant materials. The licensees shall not refuse, obstruct, or evade inspection, and shall not falsely report, conceal, or destroy the relevant evidentiary materials.
Article 14 No entity or individual may sell any publicity materials, publications, or other commodities that illegally use RMB designs. In the sale of publicity materials, publications, or other commodities using RMB designs as approved, licenses shall not be abused for false or excessive publicity.
Article 15 Approval is not required for the use of RMB designs published in the RMB design database on the website of the PBC on publicity materials and publications for the following purposes, but the use shall comply with Article 9 of the Measures, and accept the supervisory inspection conducted by the PBC and its local offices at any time:
(1) Book publishers, teaching and research institutions, news media, cultural institutions and museums, and other entities legally formed in the territory of the People's Republic of China use RMB designs for the purposes of teaching, academic research, general dissemination of RMB knowledge, and public service advertising.
(2) Banking institutions and RMB printing enterprises use RMB designs for RMB publicity purposes.
Article 16 Whoever commits any of the following conduct shall be warned by the PBC or its local offices, and be punished in accordance with Article 44 of the Law of the People's Republic of China on the People's Bank of China:
(1) Using RMB designs without being licensed, in violation of the provisions of the Measures.
(2) Using RMB designs on sacrificial objects, articles for daily use, and coupons, in violation of Article 4 of the Measures.
(3) Failing to use RMB designs as required, in violation of Article 9 of the Measures.
(4) Failing to submit relevant materials to the approval authority for recordation, in violation of Article 10 of the Measures.
(5) Failing to use RMB designs according to the scope authorized by the licensing approval document, using RMB designs inconsistent with the subject matter of the application, or failing to indicate the required information when using RMB designs, in violation of Article 11 of the Measures.
(6) Transferring a license for the use of RMB designs or altering, selling, leasing, or lending the licensing approval document for the use of RMB designs, in violation of paragraph 1 of Article 12 of the Measures.
Whoever violates paragraph 2 of Article 12 or Article 14 of the Measures shall be warned and fined RMB5,000 to RMB30,000 by the PBC or its local offices.
Article 17 Whoever refuses, obstructs, or evades the inspection conducted by the PBC or its local offices or falsely reports, conceals, or destroys relevant evidentiary materials, in violation of Article 13 or Article 15 of the Measures, shall be punished according to the penalty provisions, if any, of the relevant law or administrative regulation; or if there is no penalty provision in the relevant law or administrative regulation, shall be warned and fined RMB5,000 to RMB30,000 by the PBC or its local offices.
Article 18 the Measures shall be subject to interpretation by the PBC.
Article 19 the Measures shall come into force on November 15, 2019, upon which the former Measures for the Administration of the Use of Renminbi Designs (issued by Order No. 4 [2005], PBC) shall be repealed.
Annex:
Application form for use of RMB Designs (Please refer to the Chinese version)
術(shù)語(yǔ)表 
網(wǎng)站地圖 
中文版