Laws of the People's Republic of China

The State Economic and Trade Commission

List of the Departmental Regulations the State Economic and Trade Committee has Decided to Abolish

Decree [2001] No.25 of the State Economic and Trade Committee

In order to adapt to the new situation of our country's entry into the WTO, to accelerate the transformation of the functions of the government and to improve the level of administration according to law, the State Economic and Trade Committee has fully screened the existing departmental regulations up to the end of 2000, and has made the following decision upon the approval of the relevant departments under the State Council:

1. To abolish 4 departmental regulations of which the main contents are not in accord with the laws, administrative regulations and the guidelines and policies of the Party and State (see Attachment 1 for the list).

2. To announce the invalidation of 2 departmental regulations of which the application term has expired or the objective regulated has vanished (see Attachment 2 for the list).

This decision shall come into force on the date of promulgation.

Director of the State Economic and Trade Committee: Li Rongrong

December 31, 2001 Attachment 1:List of the Departmental Regulations the State Economic and Trade Committee has Decided to Abolish (4 pieces)List of the Departmental Regulations the State Economic and Trade Committee has Decided to Announce Invalidated (2 pieces)

No. 1 Name of the regulation: Provisions on the Adjustment of Product Structure and Organization Framework Carried out by the State-owned Industrial Enterprises

Date and department of promulgation: March 26, 1993, by the Economic and Trade Office of the State Council and the State Economic System Reform Committee

Explanation: the main contents are not in accord with the Company Law of the People's Republic of China approved and promulgated by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on Dec. 29, 1993.

No.2 Name of the regulation: Opinions on the Work Criterions of the Board of Supervisors Dispatched to the State-owned Enterprises by Supervision Institutions

Date and department of promulgation: April 18, 1995, by the State Economic and Trade Committee and the State Administration of Stated-owned Assets

Explanation: these Opinions have been replaced by the Interim Regulations on the Board of Supervisors of the State-owned Enterprises promulgated by the State Council on March 15, 2000.

No. 3 Name of the Regulation: Rules of Procedures of the Board of Supervisors Dispatched to the State-owned Enterprises by Supervision Institutions (for Trial Implementation)

Date and department of promulgation: September 5, 1996, by the State Economic and Trade Committee and the State Administration of Stated-owned Assets.

Explanation: these Rules have been replaced by the Interim Regulations on the Board of Supervisors of the State-owned Enterprises promulgated by the State Council on March 15, 2000.

No. 4 Name of the regulation: Interim Measures of the State for the Administration of the Reserve of Pharmaceutical and Medical Appliances

Date and department of promulgation: December 23, 1997, by the State Economic and Trade Committee, the State Administration of Pharmaceutical, the Ministry of Finance, the People's Bank of China and the Ministry of Public Health

Explanation: these Measures have been replaced by the Measures of the State for the Administration of Pharmaceutical Reserve promulgated by the State Economic and Trade Committee and the Ministry of Finance on June 14, 1999.

Attachment 2:List of the Departmental Regulations the State Economic and Trade Committee has Decided to Announce Invalidated (2 pieces)

No. 1 Name of the regulation: Measures for the Implementation of the Rectification of the Product Oil Market

Date and department of promulgation: June 21, 1994, by the State Economic and Trade Committee and the State Administration of Industry and Commerce

Explanation: those Measures are for the rectification of the production oil market of 1994, thus the application term of the main contents has expired and those Measures have been invalidated in fact.

No. 2 Name of the Regulation: Interim Measures for Encouraging the Use of Sinkiang Cotton to Produce Export Products

Date and department of promulgation: September 16, 1997, by the State Economic and Trade Committee, the State Planning Committee, the Ministry of Finance, the People's Bank of China, the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, the Ministry of Railway, the State Bureau of Taxation, the General Administration of Customs, the Textile Association, the General Cooperative of Supply and Marketing, the State Administration of Industry and Commerce, the State Bureau of Technology Supervision, the Industrial and Commercial Bank, the Agriculture Development Bank, the Agriculture Bank and the China Bank

Explanation: the application term of the main contents of those Measures has expired, and the Measures have been invalidated in fact, and that function has been transferred to the State Planning Committee after the Institution Reform of 1998.