1. A U.S. news agency should establish a resident office in China before sending resident reporters. The U.S. news agency should first submit a written application to the Information Department of the Chinese Foreign Ministry directly or through the Press Office of the Consulate General of PRC in New York. The application should be signed by the legal representative of the agency and should include:

(1) A profile of the news agency concerned.

(2) Name of the resident office and the city in which it is to be established, its business scope, number of staff as well as personal information of the office chief and other staff such as name, gender, age, nationality, capacity and working experience.

(3) A copy of the news agency 's registration certificate issued by the United States.

2. If a U.S. news agency which already has a resident office in China wishes to send a resident reporter to China, it should first submit a written application to the Information Department directly or through the Press Office of the Consulate General of PRC in New York. The application should be signed by its head (chairman, president, vice president, editor-in-chief, deputy editor-in-chief, president or vice president of radio/TV station, etc.) and should include:

(1) A profile of the news agency concerned.

(2) The name, gender, age, nationality, capacity, resumé, and the city where the reporter is to be based.

(3) Professional credentials.

3. If two or more U.S. news agencies wish to send the same individual as their resident reporter in China, they should go through the above-mentioned procedures separately and indicate in their respective applications the post which the reporter concurrently will hold.

4. Approved resident U.S. reporters and their accompanying dependents should apply for J-1 visas at the Consulate General of PRC in New York. U.S. staff working not as reporters and their accompanying dependents should apply for Z visas. Kinship certificates or documents should be provided.