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Management Limited Company鈥� is a reference to

the Chinese swimmer Fu Yuanhui, who attributed

her Olympic success to channeling prehistoric

powers. Businesses that include cultural references

and internet memes such as 鈥減rehistoric powers鈥�

as a way to market themselves may now find

Long, themselves in the crosshairs of AIC regulators.

N SSensitive Under the new guidelines, other types of banned
company names include those that contain:

鈥� Names that have negative political connotation
(e.g. 鈥淐hi Na鈥�, 鈥淏lack Sun鈥�, 鈥淟arge Landowner鈥�);
鈥� References to terrorism, separatism, or extremism
(e.g. 鈥�9/11鈥�, 鈥淓ast Turkistan鈥�, 鈥淥ccupy鈥�);
鈥� References to colonial culture (e.g. 鈥淵amato鈥�,
鈥淔ormosa鈥�);
鈥� References to other illegal organizations (e.g.
Falun Gong);
鈥� References to undesirable 鈥榝eudal era鈥� cultural
concepts and superstitions that hinder social stability;

鈥� References to drug, obscenity, eroticism, and gambling;

鈥� References to current and revolutionary Chinese

leaders or the People鈥檚 Liberation Army (e.g. Dong

CompanyCunrui,LeiFeng);
鈥� Language that discriminates against genders,
sexes, races, or ethnicities;
Name
鈥� References to religious organizations or
significant religious elements (e.g. 鈥淐hristianity鈥�,
鈥淏uddhism鈥�, 鈥淚slam鈥�);
鈥� Names of foreign countries, regions, or names of
international organizations;
鈥� Names that give the impression that they are non-
profit organizations;
鈥� Names that include names of political parties,
organizations, and designation of troops;
鈥� Name of region, industry, and organization
structure (e.g. 鈥淏eijing鈥�, 鈥淪teel鈥�, 鈥淲FOE鈥�);
鈥� Names that refer to prohibited sectors;
鈥� Names that mimic existing brands;
鈥� Names that say they are 鈥渘ational鈥� or 鈥渢he best鈥�; and,
鈥� Names of occupations, positions, degrees, job
titles, military ranks, and police ranks.

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