As per the new “trial regulations” that have been issued by China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, as a part of the country’s ongoing anti-porn campaign, Web site owners in the country will have to submit their photographs and personally meet Internet service providers, for getting their sites registered with the government.

In addition, the regulations, which basically tighten China’s clampdown on Internet use, necessitate that the applicants should also submit some other information, along with a description of their site’s content, including things that may require “advance or special approval.”

The new regulations come at a time when China has initiated a comprehensive campaign against online porn – a crusade that has already witnessed the recent shuttering of 130,000 un-recorded Web sites, as well as the suspension of registration of new Internet domain names by individuals.

Going by the information forwarded by IDG News Service’s Tuesday report, the February 8-dated “trial regulations” - which were posted on sites of the Chinese telcom regulator on Monday - will help the government create records of all sites in China and can potentially be used for blocking other types of online content.

The report further elaborated that, by the end of September this year, the Web sites without government records will lose their domain name decree, and will effectively be pulled off the Internet.