Adopted at the Sixth Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Ninth National People's Congress on December 29, 1998; amended in accordance with the Decision of the Standing Committee of the Tenth National People's Congress on Amending the Securities Law of the People's Republic of China adopted at its 11th Meeting on August 28, 2004; and revised by the Standing Committee of the 10th National People's Congress at its 18th Meeting on October 27, 2005.