Legal analysis: seals cannot be engraved privately, but should be filed or engraved according to the contents and procedures stipulated by the Ministry of Public Security.

Legal basis: Minshefa [1991] No.3 Notice of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Public Security on Printing and Distributing the Interim Provisions on the Administration of the Seal of Social Organizations. 2. The engraving of seals by social organizations shall be submitted to the Ministry of Public Security with the registration certificate of social organizations and the certificate issued by the civil affairs department. After being approved by the public security department, it shall be engraved and submitted at the designated seal engraving factory or engraving institution.