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Approval of the State Council on the Program for Pollution  Treatment in the Upper Reaches of the Yangtze River

Circular of the General Office of the State Council on the Members of the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council

Circular of the General Office of the State Council on Issuing the Several Suggestions for Strengthening the Legislation Work of  the State Council and the Legislation Work Arrangement for 1999

Several Suggestions for Strengthening the Legislation Work of the State Council1

Legislation Work Arrangement of the State Council for 1999

Circular of the General Office of the State Council on Guaranteeing the Basic Living Standard of Laid_Off Workers of the State _Owned Enterprises and the Old_Age Pension of Retirees

Statement of a Foreign Ministry Spokesman at a Press Conference on January 22, 1999

Answers of a Foreign Ministry Spokesman at a Press Conference on February 2, 1999

Decree No.5 of the State Economic and Trade Commission of the People's Republic of China

Interim Procedures of the State Economic and Trade Commission for Deciding on the Awards for Safety and Scientific and Technological Progress

Circular of the Ministry of Culture and the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television on Launching a Campaign to Crack Down on the Smuggling of Movies

Decree No.68 of the General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China

Regulations of the General Administration of  Customs of the People's Republic of China on Supervisory Management of Small Vessels Coming From and Going to Hong Kong and Macao and Cargoes and Goods on Them

Decree No.69 of the General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China

Measures of the General Administration of Customs of the People 's Republic of China on the Registration of Small Vessels Coming From and Going to Hong Kong and Macao