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Shenzhen Toponymic Management Approach

Original Language Title: 深圳市地名管理办法

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Shenzhen Municipal Geographical Names Management Approach

(Act dated 13 May 2012, No. 239 of the People's Government Order No. 239, which came into force on 14 June 2012.

Chapter I General

In order to effectively strengthen geographical names management, achieve standardization, adapt to the needs of urban development, people's lives and international engagement, this approach is developed in the light of the State Department's Regulations on Geographical Names Management, the Regulations on Geographical Names Management in the Province of the Sudan and the relevant laws, regulations and regulations.

Article 2

Article 3. The names referred to in this approach include:

(i) Administrative regional name;

(ii) Name of natural geographical entities such as mountains, rivers, lakes, sea, islands, beaches, wetlands;

(iii) Name of road transport facilities such as high roads, urban roads, bridges, tunnels, orbital traffic routes and sites, urban traffic stations;

(iv) Urban public space names, such as urban parks, large public squares;

(v) name of specialized facilities such as correctional, tourism, public use, social welfare, religious activities;

(vi) Name of buildings (calls) for the purpose of residence, commercial services, administrative office, industry, warehousing;

(vii) No.

(viii) Other names of significance.

Article IV. The Government of the city is planning the administration sector as the administrative authority of the present municipality, which is responsible for the management of geographical names in the city, in accordance with the provisions of this approach. Other relevant functional departments are able to work together in the management of names within their respective responsibilities. Significant and doubtful matters related to the management of geographical names throughout the city are reported by the top-in-charge administrative authorities to the relevant functional sectors, each sector's government (with the new sector management structure, with the same advice).

Article 5 citizens, legal persons and other organizations should use standard geographical names, have the right to make observations and recommendations on the designation and management of names and to monitor and report illegal use of names and damage to geographical names.

Chapter II

Article 6

The municipal topographic administrative authorities may report to the Government of the city on their approval on the basis of the actual need for detailed planning and the specific planning of geographical names with the relevant units.

Article 7. Geographical Names planning should be based on urban planning, consistent with the principles of the Department's overall alignment with the optimization of the new area, the standardization of the name and the optimization of the exclusive name, the transmission of the name and the innovative cultural concept.

Article 8. Overall planning of geographical names should be based on the clear content of the overall urban planning and should include:

(i) Create a system of urban names;

(ii) A clear geospatial and named guidance;

(iii) Development of planning orbital transport lines, rapid roads, main roads, bridges, tunnel names;

(iv) Development of public space names in cities such as major urban parks, large public squares;

(v) Develop protection principles, protection of names and protection measures for old and historical geographical names.

Article 9. Detailed planning of geographical names can be synchronized with urban planning or can be based on needs. The content should include:

(i) The development of a geospatial programme for the current conditions in the area of planning, roads, tunnels, tunnels, tunnel corridors and urban parks, large public squares;

(ii) The designation of urban roads, bridges, tunnels, tunnels and tunnels and urban parks, large public squares for planning areas;

(iii) To rationalize other geographical names within the scope of this planning area, as required.

Urban planning, such as statutory maps, relates to the specific elements of a detailed planning of geographical names, which should be sought in parallel with the relevant sectors and the public.

The preparation and approval of the topographic planning shall be consistent with the following procedures:

(i) Develop a draft topographic planning based on urban planning;

(ii) To seek advice from relevant functional departments, social groups, professional associations and, where necessary, expert evaluation of the results of the planning of geographical names;

(iii) An open demonstration of the draft toponymic planning and public consultation. No less than 30 days of the demonstration;

(iv) The names administration authorities submit the draft topographic planning to the Government for approval;

(v) Upon approval by the Government of the city, the topographic administrative authorities should be made public on their official website and on the main media in the city.

Article 11 Changes in geographical names planning should be conducted in accordance with the procedures for the development of geographical names planning. However, with regard to the restructuring of the Department of Geographical Names Planning, it was determined by the executive authorities of the Geographical Names to fully consult the relevant functional departments and units; with respect to key names, such as urban rapid roads, master roads, the city-level large parks, to be nominated by the top-ranking administrative authorities and submitted to the Government of the city for approval in accordance with Article 10 of this approach.

Article 12 Authorized topographic planning is the basis for the name, name and write-off. The relevant functional departments, planning units should incorporate the names identified in the topographic planning into the corresponding management system.

Chapter III

In addition to the gates, the name should be composed of both individual and general names. The exclusive name refers to the specific terminology used in the geographical entity. The name refers to the term used in the geographical entity category.

Article 14. Geographical names should be guided by one principle. More than one place, standardization should be undertaken to determine the only name and word.

Article 15. The exclusive name of the same type of geographical names in the context of the current city's administrative region shall not be repeated and shall be avoided.

The addition or reduction of the phrase “new”, “major”, “old”, etc.” should be seen as a restatement, with the exception of the application of the name of the same development unit or of the owner of the property rights.

Article 16 should be guided by the principle of integrity. The word should actually reflect the attributes of its entity.

The use of the name of the building (collective) should be subject to conditions such as land area that are adapted to the name, total area of construction, altitude, greenland rates.

Article 17 Places of life should be coordinated with the main names. The name contains the administrative region of the city, the name of the area or the name of the road, which should be located in the area of the administration, in the area of regional film or along the road.

Article 18

(i) Non-use of geographical names that undermine the sovereignty, national dignity and territorial integrity of States, with discriminatory national terminology;

(ii) To refrain from the use of naming names that are contrary to the social order or may have a negative impact on other societies;

(iii) The designation of geographical names without the use of words that are prone to discrimination or lead to public confusion;

(iv) Excluding the use of the same type of geographical names, in addition to the assignment of birth names;

(v) No name of foreign names;

(vi) The designation of natural geospatial entities, such as known mountains, rivers, is not an administrative regional name; the scope of natural geographical entities goes beyond the present administrative area and is not known as the present administrative regional name;

(vii) No designation of urban public facilities, such as roads, bridges, orbital sites;

(viii) The name of the name of the name of the trademark is not in line with national and international symposia, except where the trademark is designated by the trademark;

(ix) In line with other legal, regulatory and related norms.

Article 19 shall not be entitled to compensation, except as otherwise provided by law, administrative regulations.

Article 20 preserves the relative stability of geographical names, with no specific reason to be determined.

Article 21 states that:

(i) Geographical names that undermine the sovereignty, territorial integrity and national dignity;

(ii) The same situation as the name of the category of names.

Article 22 states that:

(i) Accommodation or near-representation in the city's administration;

(ii) Abstracts incompatible with the main names;

(iii) Difference of geographical names;

(iv) For reasons such as natural changes and urban construction, geographical geographic entities have been renovated, removed or disappeared, resulting in the incompatibility of raw standard geographical names with changes;

(v) Other cases that may be brought under law.

In one of the following cases, the topographic administrative authorities should write-off of former standard geographical names:

(i) Geographical names lost as a result of administrative regional adjustments or natural changes;

(ii) Removal of names due to urban construction;

(iii) More names should be cancelled.

The former standard geographical names that have been cancelled shall not be used for the same category within five years. The use of former standard geographical names could be restored if the original standard geographical names alleged to be restored.

Article 24 Specific designations for various geographical entities, more rules are developed by the topographic administrative authorities, except as provided in Article 3, subparagraphs (i), (v), VII) of this approach and other provisions of legal regulations.

Article 25

Chapter IV Geographical names, more name and write-off procedures

Article 26 The names identified in the geospatial planning and the names approved by the law are standard geographical names.

All municipal names are managed in a uniform manner, and standard geographical names are included in the geographical names database after a joint announcement by the geographical names administration authorities.

The establishment of public participation mechanisms and expert counselling mechanisms should provide expert advice and wide public opinion on the designation of important geographical names.

Article 27 should seek the written advice of the topographic administrative authorities in advance of the designation of administrative regional names. The designations of the administrative area are reproduced by the Civil Affairs Department to the topographic administrative authorities after the relevant provision.

Article twenty-eighth administrative authorities should carry out a natural geospatial survey on the name of the natural entity and identify that the natural geographic entity has not been named and should be named after consulting the relevant functional sectors such as agriculture, forestry, oceans and water. The name of the natural geospatial entity in the city's province or across other municipalities is carried out in accordance with the relevant provisions of the State and the wider province.

Article 29 lists of facilities, such as high roads, airports, shores, fire stations, ports, ports, ports, ports, terminals, long-range car passenger stations, cargo hubs, clerics, tourism, social welfare, religious activities, municipal utilities facilities, etc., authorized by the superior professional authorities, and construction units shall apply to the relevant professional authorities in advance of the request for advice from the toponymic administration authorities, and shall be added to the administrative authorities in the event of the issuance of the documents.

Article 31 should be developed in conjunction with the development of an orbital traffic line name, and the orbital line name established by the approved orbital traffic line network is a standard place.

The names of orbital traffic stations should be prepared in conjunction with the preparation of detailed planning for orbital traffic, with the names of orbital sites approved by the Government of the city.

The Government of the commune has been approved by the Government of the People of the city following the designation of the archipelagic administrative authorities, the consultation of the relevant sector and the demonstration.

Article 31 nams of new urban roads, bridges, tunnels, the transport administrative authorities or construction units shall seek advice from the administrative authorities of the names of the names within 10 working days of the application for the designation of the name and the integration of the names database.

Urban roads, bridges, tunnels have no name or need to be added, and the names have been identified by the topographic administrative authorities in connection with the designation or designation of the programme.

The city's rapid road, the main bridge, the name of the tunnel is approved by the authorities of the Geographical Names' Administration.

Article 32 establishes the public space name of cities, such as urban parks, public square brackets, or the establishment of units shall, at the same time as the application for a designation and shall seek the advice of the administrative authorities of the Geographical Names prior to the signing of the Engineering Planning Licence, which shall be approved by the topographic administrative authorities within 10 working days by virtue of the designation rules of geographical names, in order to harmonize the bulletin and incorporate the names database.

The main urban park at the municipal level, the name of the public square brackets, was approved by the Government of the People's Government by the topographic administrative authorities.

Article 33 naming and name of buildings (collectives) such as residence, commercial services, administrative office, industry, warehousing, etc.

(i) Project types of property development, prior to the granting of a licence for the sale of homes, the enterprise for the development of property is the applicant; the owner applicant for the development of the property and the construction of a contract for the sale of property prior to the acquisition of a permit for the sale of homes;

(ii) After the sale of buildings (collectives), the owners of the business or the owners' committees authorized by the General Assembly are applicants;

(iii) Self-exploitation projects, the owner of the house or the management unit entrusted by the owner of the house.

In addition to the items relating to confidentiality requirements, the name of the buildings (collectives) that meet one of the following conditions: residence, commercial services, administrative office, industry, warehousing, etc. shall apply to the topographic administrative authorities in the name of the basic unit, as determined by the lawful place of procedure:

(i) More than 1,000 square meters (within thousands of dollars);

(ii) More than 1 million square meters (within thousands of dollars) of the total building area;

(iii) At the basement level, there are more than 8 levels (concluded).

Important buildings with special geographical names are not subject to the preceding paragraph.

Article XV provides for buildings consistent with article 34 of this approach, and the applicant shall submit a request for designation to the administrative authorities of the Geographical Names prior to the signing of the construction planning licence.

The applicant may submit an application in writing or may make a name declaration on the official website of the administrative authorities. The toponymic administrative authorities shall make a decision to agree on the designation within 10 working days. There is no need for the designation of buildings (collectives) for which no name is required.

For buildings consistent with article 34 of this approach, the applicant shall, when applying for the relevant licences such as the construction of engineering planning licences, the home-release licence, refer to the standard geographical names approval document of the building (collective).

Article 36 states that no more than two years after the name of the building is determined.

The name(s) of buildings, such as residence, commercial services, administrative office, industry, warehousing, shall apply for changes to the name(s) of the buildings, with the consent of the owners of the buildings of more than two thirds of the total size of the buildings and the provision of the General Assembly.

The topographic administrative authorities shall make decisions on whether to agree on changes in names within 10 working days.

Article 37 of the Public Security Administration is responsible for the ranking and distribution of slots within the scope of the city's administration.

Buildings authorized, investment-building units or individuals should apply for a floor number of building blocks prior to the application of the property mapping.

The information provided by the construction unit in applying for the mapping of the property should be based on the gates from the public security.

Article 338, with regard to the designation, replacement, write-off decision of the geographical names administration authorities, has resulted in a resident identity card, business licence, property certificate and address information that is inconsistent with the current standard geographical names and, in accordance with the application of the relative administrative authority, that the relevant administrative organs should provide the relative administrative officer with the following services:

(i) The administrative authorities that make names, more names and write-off decisions shall make the relevant name certificates for the administrative relative;

(ii) Public security officers should be certified by the administrative counterparts in connection with the related floor;

(iii) The issuance organs of the resident's identification, business licences, property certificates, etc., etc., shall communicate the relevant notes or copies to the administrative relative.

The services provided by the executive branch for the administrative relative shall not be charged for any cost, except as otherwise provided by law, legislation and regulations.

Chapter V Use of standard geographical names

Article 39: Citizens, legal persons and other organizations shall use standard geographical names to:

(i) Intensive publications such as maps, telephones, traffic time tables, post codes, and directory of business enterprises;

(ii) Medals and instructions for road traffic facilities, public traffic stations, buildings (calls);

(iii) Various types of public, witness and other legal instruments;

(iv) Media advertisements and outdoor advertisements;

(v) Other cases where standard geographical names should be used.

Article 40 symbols of standard geographical names should be used in Chinese and, if required, in English. In-kind translations involving geographical names are governed by technical reviews by the municipal administrative authorities.

Article 40 provides for the compilation of standard geographical names publications, such as geographical names, toponyms, etc., within the administrative region of the city.

Article 42 states that the geographical names administration authorities have found that other departments or units have not been required to use standard geographical names as required.

Article 43 XIII publishes an advertised operator with regard to building (collective) geographical names within the scope of this city's administrative region, and shall require the advertisinger to submit a standard geographical names approval document.

Chapter VI

The following categories of geographical entities should be established in Article 44:

(i) Transport facilities such as high roads, orbital traffic routes and checkpoints, urban roads, bridges, tunnels, shores, airports, fire stations, ports, ports, terminals, long-range vehicle fleets, freight hubs;

(ii) Urban public space, such as urban parks, large public squares;

(iii) Professional facilities such as correctional, tourism, public use, social welfare and religious activities;

(iv) Buildings consistent with article 34 of this approach.

Geographical entities other than the provisions of the previous paragraph may set names in accordance with actual needs and environmental conditions.

Article 44 quaters, specifications and materials of geographical names should be consistent with the requirements of national, provincial, municipal and relevant normative documents.

The toponyms listed in Article 3, paragraphs (c), (iv), 5 and (vi), of this approach shall be set up by the construction units prior to the planning of the receipt and be included as one of the planning receipt projects.

Geographical names should be placed in an appropriate, visible and inviolable place in accordance with the relevant provisions.

The establishment, management and maintenance of geographical names symbols is governed by the division of labour between the relevant departments and units:

(i) The location, maintenance and management of road traffic facility markings and instructions by the transport administration authorities, in accordance with their management authority and duties;

(ii) The public security administration authorities are responsible for the organization of the establishment of a gate building, the construction unit or the owner of the house, in accordance with the relevant provisions, to maintain and assist in the management of the garage;

(iii) The relevant functional departments are responsible for the organization of the establishment, maintenance and management of important natural geospatial entities within their functions, urban public space names markers;

(iv) The establishment, maintenance and management of buildings (collective) geographical names by the construction unit or the material services unit.

Article 47 sets of names and administrators should fulfil the following obligations:

(i) Execution of the relevant provisions, standards and technical norms governing the designation of geographical names in the city of Chnzhen and the maintenance of accurate, clear and marked features of the content of the geographical names mark;

(ii) The discovery of the damage to the name mark or the absence of the slogan should be updated proactively;

(iii) Changes in standard geographical names should be replaced within 30 days from the date of receipt of more names announcements from the topographic administrative authorities, and the public security administration authorities should complete the development, modification of the floor plates in a timely manner after the new naming of the road and the more road maps were installed;

(iv) The administrative authorities of the Geographical Names shall be required to change over 30 days from the date of receipt of the notification requested by the administrative authorities of the geographical names administration.

Article 48

(i) Names of natural geographical entities, signs of transport facilities and instructions, which are vested in the city, area finances, and operating a highway mark;

(ii) The name of the building (collective) is assumed by the owner, the competent unit or the development of construction units.

Article 49 Obligations of citizens, legal persons and other social organizations to protect geographical names are prohibited:

(i) Changes in paints, stigmatizing geographical names;

(ii) Indictitation and coverage of geographical names;

(iii) The unauthorized movement and the removal of the name mark;

(iv) Other acts that undermine the mark.

Article 50 needs to be mobile or removed from the name mark and shall be implemented with the consent of the name mark manager and with the corresponding compensation cost.

Chapter VII

Article 50 should establish a management system for the archives of names. The management of the archives of the People's Republic of China should be governed by the Archives Act, the Geographical Names Archives Management Approach and other relevant legal provisions.

The topographic administrative authorities are responsible for the collection, collation, maintenance, statistics, updating and improvement of the names archives and related information to ensure the integrity and accuracy of the archival information.

Article 52 states that the topographic administration is responsible for the construction of the current market name database and the information system for the management of geographical names. The relevant Government departments are responsible for providing the basis for the development of information on geographical names.

The topographic administrative authorities should establish dynamic management and updating mechanisms to ensure the updating of geographical names information in a timely and accurate manner.

The topographic administrative authorities are responsible for providing information services to the public in society and comply with national confidentiality provisions.

Chapter VIII Legal responsibility

Article 53, in violation of this approach, provides that one of the following acts is punished by the competent administrative authorities of the name:

(i) The name of the buildings (collectives) designated or more inhabited, commercial services, administrative offices, industry, warehousing, etc., or the absence of a declaration, the time limit is being changed and the designations of them are cancelled by law and fined by the people's currency of 10,000;

(ii) Buildings such as residence, commercial services, administrative office, industry, warehousing etc., open use of other names that are not inconsistent with the standard geographical names approval documents, and a period of time has been corrected and a fine of $10,000 was imposed on the people's currency.

Article 54, in violation of this approach, provides that one of the following acts is punished by the public security administration authorities in accordance with the following provisions:

(i) Responsibilities for the determination or modification of the garbage, for which the period of time was not changed, for individuals to be fined by H$ 100 and fined to legal persons or other organizations;

(ii) Removal, humiliation, shelter, cover, movement or dismantlement of the garbage, the time limit is correct, and the individual is fined by a fine of 100 kidnapped to a legal person or other organization. Economic losses should be compensated by law.

Article 55 reproduces, suffices, covers, mobile or dismantles traffic facility markers or other geographical names cards, which are subject to the relevant functional authorities to change their deadlines; and is not later corrected and punished by the relevant functions. Economic losses should be compensated by law. Those suspected of committing crimes have been transferred to the judiciary by law.

Article 56 of the relevant advertising operators or publishers do not fulfil their standard geographical names test obligations, issue real estate advertisements that are inconsistent with standard geographical names, and discontinue the publication, public corrections by advertising supervisors or publishers, and punish the relevant provisions.

Article 57 has not been approved and has been authorized to publish intensive publications in the name of geographical names, subject to the relevant provisions of the Publications Regulations.

Article 588, in which the executive branch and its staff are not carrying out their duties or are incorrectly performing their duties, shall be held in accordance with the law and are suspected of committing crimes and transferred to the judiciary by law.

Chapter IX

Article 59

The approach to the management of geographical names in the Shenzhen Economic Zone was also repealed by the Government of the people of 16 November 1989.