Regulations for the Administration of Hotel Enterprises Article 31

The Ministry of Transportation and Communications may conduct hotel enterprise rating evaluations, and issue a rating symbol according to the results of the evaluations.The conduct of hotel enterprise evaluations as referred to in the preceding paragraph may be mandated by the Ministry of Transportation and Communications to the Tourism Administration of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications or commissioned to a non-government organization; the matters so mandated or commissioned and the legal basis thereof shall be publicly announced and published in the government gazette.When the Ministry of Transportation and Communications mandates the Tourism Administration or commissions a non-government organization to conduct rating evaluations as described in Paragraph 1 above, the basis of the evaluations and the rating symbol shall be determined by the Tourism Administration of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications according to the standard of buildings and facilities, the management situation, and the quality of services.A hotel enterprise shall place its rating symbol as referred to in Paragraph 1 in a clearly visible place in its entrance lobby.A hotel enterprise that is unable to operate due to practical or legal cause shall return its rating symbol within fifteen days of the occurrence of the practical cause or face the imposition of an administrative penalty; if it fails to comply with this time limit, the Ministry of Transportation and Communications itself, or the Tourism Administration acting under mandate in accordance with the procedure set out in Paragraph 2 above, may publicly announce the cancellation of its rating symbol. However, this provision shall not apply to a hotel enterprise that temporarily suspends operation under the provisions of Article 28-1 of these Regulations..