Under the guidance of the policy of promoting socialist
democracy and building a sound socialist legal system formulated at
the Third Plenary Sessionof the Eleventh Central Committee of the
Chinese Communist Party, the National People's Congress and its
Standing Committee have, since 1979, enactedmany important laws.
These laws have been compiled and published in succes-sion by the
Legislative Affairs Commission of the Standing Committee of
theNational People's Congress of the People's Republic of
China.
In order to acquaint readers abroad with China's laws and with what
Chinahas achieved in building a new legal system, the collections
in Chinese entitledthe Laws of the People's Republic of China,
covering the period of 1979 -2010, have been translated into
English and published in 22 volumes at the Foreign Languages Press,
the Science Press, and the Law Press respective-ly. We are now
publishing, as Volume 20, the English edition of The Laws ofthe
People's Republic of China （2011） at the Law Press. The publication
notein the Chinese edition is not included.