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Regulations on the Management of Place Names in Jiangsu Province

Chapter 1 General Provisions Article 1 In order to strengthen the management of place names, promote the standardization, normalization and informatization of place names, facilitate the production and life of the people, and adapt to the needs of economic and social development and domestic and foreign exchanges, according to the "Regulations on the Management of Place Names" of the State Council 》 and relevant laws and administrative regulations, and based on the actual conditions of this province, these regulations are formulated. Article 2 These regulations shall apply to the naming, renaming and cancellation of place names within the administrative region of this province, the use of standard place names, the establishment and management of place name signs, the protection of historical place names, place name public services and other activities. Article 3 The place names mentioned in these Regulations refer to the special names of geographical entities with a specific orientation and a certain range, including:

(1) Mountains, hills, peaks, rivers, lakes, bays, islands, The names of natural geographical entities such as reefs, sandbanks, and tidal flats;

(2) The names of administrative divisions such as cities, counties (cities, districts), and towns, and the names of sub-district offices, residents’ committees, and villagers’ committees;

(3) Names of residential areas such as natural villages, residential areas, and districts;

(4) Names of roads, streets, lanes (li, lanes, squares), etc.;

(5) Names of large buildings (groups) such as high-rise buildings and commercial centers;

(6) Development zones, industrial parks, bonded areas, farms, forestry farms, fisheries, salt fields, oil fields, and mines and other professional economic zone names;

(7) Stations, stations, ports (piers), airports, railways, highways, rail transit, bridges, tunnels, rivers, reservoirs, channels, dams, water (ships) Names of professional facilities such as gates and pumping stations;

(8) Names of leisure tourism and cultural facilities such as parks, squares, scenic spots, nature reserves, tourist resorts, historical sites, and memorial sites;

(9) Gate number (including door number, building number, building unit number, room number);

(10) Other names with important directional significance.

Place names generally consist of two parts: a proper name and a common name. Proper names are proper nouns used to distinguish individual geographical entities in place names, and general names are nouns used to distinguish categories of geographical entities in place names. Article 4 Local people's governments at or above the county level shall strengthen the organization and leadership of geographical name management and establish and improve the coordination mechanism for geographical name management. Funds for the management of place names, the protection of historical place names, and place name public services are included in the financial budget of the same level. Article 5: The province’s place name work shall implement unified leadership, hierarchical responsibilities, and classified management.

The civil affairs department of the local people's government at or above the county level is the place name authority in its administrative region. The Geographical Names Committee is the coordinating agency for geographical names work in this administrative region, and its daily work is undertaken by the civil affairs department.

The public security, land and resources, housing and urban-rural development, transportation, water conservancy, marine fishery and other departments shall do a good job in place name management according to their respective division of responsibilities.

Township people's governments and sub-district offices assist in the specific affairs of place name management in their respective jurisdictions, and accept the guidance of county-level place names authorities in business matters. Article 6 The place-name authorities of cities divided into districts and counties (cities) shall, based on urban and rural planning, work with relevant departments to prepare place-name plans for administrative regions at the same level, and organize their implementation after approval by the people's government at the same level. The overall land use planning, urban and rural planning, and special plans for water conservancy, transportation, tourism, etc. that involve the naming of place names should be connected with the names determined in the place name plan. Chapter 2 Naming, renaming and cancellation of place names Article 7 The naming and renaming of place names shall follow the following principles:

(1) National sovereignty and territorial integrity shall not be harmed;

(2) Shall not undermine national unity and social harmony;

(3) Comply with place name planning;

(4) Reflect local history, geography, culture and other local characteristics;

(5) Respect the wishes of local residents and facilitate people’s production and life;

(6) Maintain the stability of place names.

Article 8 The naming of place names shall meet the following requirements:

(1) Do not use the names of natural geographical entities such as mountains, rivers, lakes, etc. outside or beyond this administrative area as the names of administrative divisions. Name;

(2) The proper names of township and sub-district offices should generally be consistent with the name of the host place;

(3) Newly built or renovated roads, streets, lanes (li, Names such as lanes and squares should reflect hierarchy and serialization;

(4) The proper names of professional facilities named after place names should be consistent with the name of the local owner;

(5) It is prohibited to use the names of contemporary people, national leaders, foreign names, foreign place names and foreign transliterations to name place names;

(6) It is prohibited to use company names, trademark names and product names to name place names. Article 9 The following place names must not have the same name, and avoid using words with confusing glyphs and the same pronunciation:

(1) Names of major natural geographical entities in the province;

(2) Province The names of townships and towns (except those that have been formed historically);

(3) The names of sub-district offices in the same city divided into districts;

(4) The same county (city, The names of the residents’ committees and villagers’ committees in the district) (except those that have been formed historically);

(5) Residential areas, districts, districts, The names of roads, streets, alleys (lanes, lanes, squares), bridges, tunnels, large buildings (groups), as well as public places, leisure, tourism and cultural facilities.