Introduction to Beijing Association of Online Media (BAOM)

　　Established on October 26, 2004, Beijing Association of Online Media (BAOM) is an organization which is voluntarily and jointly founded by news agencies and non-news agencies, relevant educational, scientific research institutes and other units and individuals in Beijing which have secured approval according to law to provide news and information services through the Internet. The current President is Wang Hui, Director of the Information Office of Beijing Municipal People’s Government. It has more than 50 members, and most of them are group members. The Publicity Department of Beijing Municipal CPC Committee and the Information Office of Beijing Municipal People’s Government are the umbrella organizations for the association. Its office is located in Beijing.

　　The BAOM aims to publicize state laws, regulations and policies to the online media in a proactively manner, advocate the social responsibilities and professionalism of the online media, appraise the behaviors of members in violation of relevant state laws and regulations, assist competent government departments in strengthening management, safeguard the national information security and social and public interests, protect the legitimate rights and interests of members and promote the sound and orderly development of the Internet news and information services in accordance with the Constitution of the People’s Republic of China and state laws and relevant laws and regulations on the administration of Internet news and information services.