Annual Report on Promoting the Rule of Law in China(2016)

Annex

I. Laws, Legal Interpretations and Decisions Formulated and Revised by the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress in 2016 (23 items)

1. Law of the People's Republic of China on the Exploration and Development of Resources in Deep Seabed Areas

2. Charity Law of the People’s Republic of China

3. Law of the People’s Republic of China on Administration of Activities of Overseas Nongovernmental Organizations in the Mainland of China

4. Asset Appraisal Law of the People's Republic of China

5.Law of the people’s Republic of China on the Protection of Wildlife

6.Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress on the Revision of Six Laws including the Energy Conservation Law of the People’s Republic of China

7.Law of the People's Republic of China on National Defense Transportation

8.Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress on the Revision of Four Laws including the Law of the People's Republic of China on Foreign-funded Enterprises

9.Cyber Security Law of the People’s Republic of China

10.Law of the People's Republic of China on Promoting the Film Industry

11.Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress on the Revision of the Law of the People's Republic of China on Promoting Privately-Run Schools

12.Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress on the Revision of the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of Maritime Environments

13.Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress on the Revision of Twelve Laws, including the Foreign Trade Law of the People's Republic of China

14. Law of the People’s Republic of China on Traditional Chinese Medicine

15.Law of the People’s Republic of China on Public Cultural Service Guarantee

16.Law of the People’s Republic of China on Environmental Protection Tax

17.Interpretation of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress on Article 104 of the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China

18.Resolution of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress on the Seventh Five-Year Publicity and Education on the Rule of Law

19.Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress on Authorizing the Supreme People’s Court and the Supreme People’s Procuratorate to Make Experiments in Some Regions on the Introduction of the System of Giving Leniency for Pleading Guilty in Criminal Cases

20.Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress on the Work of Making Experiments on the Reform of the State Supervision System in Beijing, Shanxi Province and Zhejiang Province

21.Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress on Authorizing the State Council to Make Temporary Adjustments to the Application of the Relevant Provisions of the Civil Servants Law of the People’s Republic of China in Some Regions and Some Central Organs in Beijing

22.Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress on Authorizing the State Council to Make Temporary Adjustments to the Application of the Relevant Provisions of the Social Insurance Law of the People’s Republic of China in the Administrative Areas of the City of Handan in Hebei Province and Eleven Other Experimental Cities

23.Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress on Making Temporary Adjustments to the Application of the Provisions of the Relevant Laws in the Period of the Reform of the Officer System

II. Administrative Regulations Formulated and Revised by the State Council in 2016 (8 items)

1. Decision of the State Council on the Revision of Some Administration Regulations

2. National Regulations on Social Security Funds

3. Decision of the State Council on Revising the Regulations on the Administration of the Circulation and Preventive Inoculation of Vaccines

4. Regulations on Farm Irrigation and Water Conservancy

5. Decision of the State Council on Revising the Regulations of the People’s Republic of China on Customs Inspection

6. Decision of the State Council on Revising the Decision of the State Council on Setting Administrative Licensing on Items Requiring Administrative Approval That Should Be Reserved

7. Regulations on Radio Administration of the People's Republic of China

8. Regulations on the Administration of Approval and Records for Enterprise Investment Projects

III. Judicial Interpretations Issued by the Supreme People’s Court and the Supreme People’s Procuratorate in 2016 (29 items)

1. Interpretation of the Supreme People’s Court concerning Some Issues on the Application of the Law to Hearing Cases of Disputes over Patent Infringements (2)

2. Provisions of the Supreme People’s Court on the Issue of Maritime Case Jurisdiction

3. Written Reply of the Supreme People’s Court on the Issue of the Limitation for Making Objection to the Termination of An Act of Execution by A People’s Court Raised by the Hubei Provincial Higher People’s Court

4. Provisions of the Supreme People’s Court on the Scope of Maritime Courts for the Acceptance of Cases

5. Interpretation of the Supreme People’s Court concerning Some Issues on the Application of the Property Law of the People’s Republic of China (1)

6. Written Reply of the Supreme People’s Court concerning the Issue on the Disposal of Sealed-up Property by the Court That First Seals up the Property and the Court That Executes the Privileged Debts

7. Decision of the Supreme People’s Court on Revising the Court Rules of the People’s Courts of the People’s Republic of China

8. Interpretation of the Supreme People’s Court Concerning Some Issues on the Application of the Law to Hearing Criminal Drug Cases

9. Interpretation of the Supreme People’s Court and the Supreme People’s Procuratorate concerning Some Issues on the Application of the Law to Handling Criminal Cases of Corruption and Bribery

10. Interpretation concerning Some Issues on the Application of the Law to Hearing Consumer Civil Public Interest Litigation Cases

11. Provisions of the Supreme People’s Court on How People’s Courts Handle Cases of Accepting Mainland Residents Sentenced in the Taiwan Region to Return to Serve Sentences in the Mainland

12. Written Reply of the Supreme People’s Court on the Issue of Jurisdiction over the Case Arising from the Sinking of the “Ruisheng” Ship in the Sea Area adjacent to the Huangyan Island.

13. Written Reply of the Supreme People’s Court concerning Issues on the Application of Paragraph two, Article 225 of the Criminal Procedure Law

14. Provisions of the Supreme People’s Court on Specially-Invited Mediation by People’s Courts

15. Written Reply of the Supreme People’s Court on the Issue of the Procedure related to Cases of the Order of Protection of Personal Security

16. Provisions of the Supreme People’s Court concerning Some Issues on Hearing Relevant Cases Occurring in Sea Areas under Chinese Jurisdiction (1)

17. Provisions of the Supreme People’s Court concerning Some Issues on Hearing Relevant Cases Occurring in Sea Areas under Chinese Jurisdiction (2)

18. Provisions of the Supreme People’s Court concerning Some Issues on Online Judicial Sale by People’s Courts

19. Provisions of the Supreme People’s Court on the Publication of Judgements on the Internet by People’s Courts

20. Interpretation of the Supreme People’s Court concerning Some Issues on the Application of the Law to Hearing Judicial Compensation Cases in Civil and Administrative Litigations

21. Provisions of the Supreme People’s Court concerning Some Issues on the Alteration and Addition of Parties in Civil Executions

22. Provisions of the Supreme People’s Court concerning Some Issues on Handling Cases of Property Preservation by People’s Courts

23. Provisions of the Supreme People’s Court on the Specific Application of the Law to Handling Commutation and Parole Cases

24. Provisions of the Supreme People’s Court concerning Some Issues on the Hearing Cases of Disputes over Independent Letters of Indemnity

25. Interpretation of the Supreme People’s Court and the Supreme People’s Procuratorate concerning Some Issues on the Application of the Law to Handling Criminal Cases of Illegal Mining and Destructive Mining

26. Interpretation of the Supreme People’s Court concerning Some Issues on the Specific Application of the Law to Hearing Criminal Cases of Practicing Medicine Illegally

27. Interpretation of the Supreme People’s Court concerning Some Issues on the Specific Application of the Law to Hearing Criminal Cases of Kidnapping and Selling Women and Children

28. Interpretation of the Supreme People’s Court and the Supreme People’s Procuratorate concerning Some Issues on the Application of the Law to Handling Criminal Cases of Environmental Pollution

29. Decision of the Supreme People’s Court on the Revision of the Provisions of the Supreme People’s Court concerning the Trial of Cases by Circuit Courts