The Chinese government on Wednesday published a list of 92
government statutes that have been revoked in accordance with a
State Council decree signed by Premier Wen Jiabao on January 15.
The State Council recently checked all the 655 statutes that
were literally in force and found that 92 of them are no longer
effective, according to an official in charge of the Office of the
Rule of Law of the cabinet.
These statutes are out of date due to facts that there have been
new laws or statutes to replace them, or that they have simply
expired, the official noted.
In the near future, he said, the office plans to publish the
Collection of Existing Statutes of the People's Republic of China,
with certain amendments to contents that are not up to the
requirements of the economic and social development.
(Xinhua News Agency January 24, 2008)