Henan bans use of foreign names for public places  

郑州禁止用外国地名作地名 “曼哈顿”等被叫停

近日，省政府发布第156号政府令，宣布《河南省地名管理办法》经省政府常务会议通过，自2013年10月15日起施行。这意味着，“一地多名、一名多写”的现象被叫停。《办法》还禁止使用外国人名和地名作地名。[查看全文]

(ECNS) -- Central China's Henan province has adopted a regulation that restricts foreign names from appearing in the names of local places, xinmin.com has reported.

People's names generally can't be used for new developments, including hotels, shopping centers, office buildings and residential communities, according to the regulation which comes into force on Oct. 15.

It also bans foreign names of people and places from being used to name locations in Henan.

Foreign names such as Manhattan, Venice and California have become popular in recent years at some local residential communities, the Henan government's legislative office has said.

Regulations issued by the State Council ban the names of state leaders from being used to name places nationwide, but it did not stipulate whether the use of foreign names was allowed or not.