Beijing Radio and Television Bureau's Prevention and Control Guidelines for Resumption of Work: Encourage Recording without Audiences

Recently, in order to realize the scientific and stable resumption of work and production by radio and television production and broadcasting institutions in Beijing City, the Beijing City Radio and Television Bureau issued the "Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of Resumption of Work by Radio and Television Production and Broadcasting Institutions in Beijing City during the COVID-19 Epidemic (Version 1.0)." The guidelines state that "cloud recording" and non-audience recording are encouraged to reduce the gathering of studio staff. The number of people at the program recording site should be controlled to less than 50 people throughout the entire process. Recordings with a scale of more than 50 people must be reported to the competent department for filing. If foreign guests are invited to participate in program recording, the guests must be registered and filed and must meet the 14-day isolation requirement. The program recording plan should be designed as much as possible without physical contact. Except for the host, guests, and actors who are recording, other staff members must wear masks throughout the entire process.

Beijing City Radio and Television Production and Broadcasting Agencies Prevention Guidelines (version 1.0)

(These guidelines are formulated and interpreted by the Beijing City Radio and Television Bureau, and are under the jurisdiction and issued by the Beijing City Center for Disease Control and Prevention)

Beijing has many radio and television production and broadcasting agencies, dense personnel, complex types of work, and high mobility. They should strictly follow the requirements of municipal and district authorities and implement precise resumption of work management. These guidelines are specially formulated in order to realize the scientific and stable resumption of work and production by all radio and television production and broadcasting institutions in Beijing City.

1. General Provisions

1. All radio and television production and broadcasting institutions must establish a leading group for the prevention and control of the COVID-19 epidemic. During the epidemic prevention and control period, they should follow the relevant epidemic prevention and control regulations of the central, municipal and district governments, and establish an epidemic prevention and control plan and emergency plan for the COVID-19 epidemic., formulate special prevention and control management procedures based on the characteristics of work such as recording, editing and broadcasting.

2。All radio and television production and broadcasting organizations must strengthen the management of staff (including temporary staff) to ensure clear bases and clear information. It is necessary to establish an internal staff filing mechanism to record the status of the staff members on a daily basis, including ID card, contact number, household registration place, residential address in Beijing, work department, whether they have left Beijing recently, date of coming (returning) to Beijing, tools (flight/train, carriage, seat number), whether the 14-day isolation requirement has been met after coming (returning) to Beijing, whether there has been contact with people from domestic and foreign epidemic areas or epidemic areas within 14 days, whether there is fever or other discomfort in the past 20 days, etc. In accordance with the notice requirements of the General Office of the Beijing City People's Government on "Several Measures to Make All Efforts in Epidemic Prevention and Control to Ensure the Orderly Resumption of Enterprises"(Jing Zheng Ban Fa [2020] No. 10), we will make full use of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei joint prevention and control linkage working mechanism to mutually recognize health codes that are effectively verified within the same day.

3。All staff involved in all aspects of radio and television program collection, compilation and broadcasting must meet one of the following three circumstances: (1) physical health personnel who have not left Beijing in the past 30 days;(2) physical health personnel who have completed 14 days of home or centralized isolation observation after coming (returning) to Beijing;(3) persons who are in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and do not live in Beijing but have obtained valid local and within the same day verification health codes.

4。Strengthen the popularization of epidemic prevention knowledge and health education of affiliated staff, and enhance prevention and control awareness and capabilities. When carrying out work, all staff must strictly abide by the epidemic prevention regulations of the central, municipal and district competent departments, obey unified command, and consciously accept health inspections.

2. Interview management

5. Interview activities should be carried out through telephone, video connection, etc. as much as possible. If you must go out for interviews, you must keep records and records, including the interviewer, interview place, interview objects, and method of going.

6。When going out for interviews, you should try to take your own bus or drive yourself, and reduce the use of public transportation. The equipment carried must be registered and managed, and disinfected and recorded when returned to the warehouse.

7。Interviewees should make an appointment in advance and understand and record the other party's situation in detail (including health status, action trajectory, etc.). Health code verification should be done on the day of the interview to ensure good health. Interviewees must wear masks.

8。Try to choose a non-enclosed space with good air mobility at the interview site, and on-site personnel should maintain a safe distance of more than 1.5 meters. All interview activities must strictly abide by the epidemic prevention and control management regulations of the interview place, and cooperate with health inspections.

9。Those who enter key epidemic areas outside Beijing for interviews must obtain approval from the prevention and control department of the place where the interview is conducted. During interviews, local management regulations must be complied with and strict protective measures must be taken throughout the entire process. After returning to Beijing, relevant staff must be quarantined at home or in a centralized manner for 14 days in accordance with regulations, and report their physical conditions to their units on a daily basis.

10。Those who enter the city's COVID-19 hospital for interviews will report to the hospital for approval after obtaining the consent of the interviewee, and take strict protective measures. During interviews, hospital management regulations must be observed and the treatment work and normal life of patients and medical staff must not be affected.

3. Program recording management

11. Encourage "cloud recording" and non-audience recording to reduce the gathering of studio staff. Try to choose your own studio for recording, and formulate a complete recording plan and emergency plan.

12。The number of people at the program recording site should be controlled to less than 50 people throughout the entire process. Recordings with a scale of more than 50 people must be reported to the competent department for filing.

13。Those who invite foreign guests to participate in program recording must register and record the guests, and understand the guests 'conditions in advance (including their health status, method and date of coming to Beijing, whether they meet the 14-day isolation requirements, whether they have contact with people in the epidemic area, etc.), and they can only participate in program recording after meeting the 14-day isolation requirements.

14。The program recording plan should be designed as much as possible without physical contact. Except for the host, guests, and actors who are recording, other staff members must wear masks throughout the entire process.

15。Other matters related to studio program recording shall be implemented in accordance with the relevant provisions of the "Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of Resumption of Work in Audiovisual Industrial Parks During the COVID-19 Epidemic".

16。Outdoor recording should pay close attention to the daily epidemic map and arrange the recording location in an area 1 kilometer away from the place where the epidemic occurred. Various local epidemic prevention management regulations and requirements should be followed when recording.

4. Program editing and broadcast management

17. Strengthen the management of editing and director computer rooms, register personnel entering and exiting and changing shifts, ensure their health, and prevent irrelevant personnel from entering.

18。Wear a mask throughout your on-duty work, use disposable medical gloves to control equipment, and disinfect the control equipment when changing positions. All mobile storage devices should be disinfected when entering the editing room and broadcast room.

19。Doors and windows should be opened or exhaust equipment should be ventilated no less than 3 times a day in the machine room. If ventilation conditions are not available, the frequency of disinfection should be increased.

5. Other

20. All staff involved in all aspects of the production of radio and television programs must strictly implement epidemic prevention and control management regulations and must wear masks in the work area. If people have fever or physical abnormalities during work, they should seek medical advice promptly.

21。Try to use telephone or video conferencing to communicate during work. If on-site meetings are necessary, the number of participants should be controlled and the distance between the venues should be 1.5 meters should be ensured. Disinfect before and after meetings, and keep the room ventilated for more than 30 minutes.

22。Try to use the split meal system for meals, and conduct scattered meals in different areas. The interval between meals should be more than 1.5 meters. Do not talk to each other during meals.

23。All public areas in the office building should be disinfected every 2 hours. The toilet urinals and surrounding areas should be disinfected with a chlorine-containing disinfectant with a concentration of 1000mg/L for more than 30 minutes. Direct contact objects such as sinks, faucets, countertops should be disinfected with a concentration of 500mg/L chlorine-containing disinfectant for more than 30 minutes. After the disinfection time is reached, wipe it with clean water and keep it dry and ventilated. At the same time, hand sanitizer or other disinfection products should be provided.

24。Minimize the use of van elevators in the office area. No more than 4 people need to be used at a time. Use toothpicks, disinfectant tissues and other touch buttons; the stairwell barrier door should remain open to reduce contact areas and avoid cross infection.

These guidelines apply to licensed radio and television production and broadcasting enterprises and institutions in Beijing, district-level integrated media centers, etc. They are formulated and interpreted by the Beijing City Radio and Television Bureau, centralized and published by the Beijing City Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and will come into effect as of the date of promulgation.

Beijing News reporter Zhang He