CONTENTS

Decree No.23 of President of the People's Republic of China

Meteorological Law of the People's Republic of China

Decree No.24 of President of the People's Republic of China

Accounting Law of the People's Republic of China

Decree No.25 of President of the People's Republic of China

Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on Amendments to the Highway Law of the People's Republic of China

Highway Law of the People's Republic of China

Related Articles of Regulations on Public Security Administrative Penalty

Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on Handling of Former Laws of Macao in Accordance With Article 145

of the Basic Law of the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China

Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on Banning Heretical Cult Organizations, and Preventing and Punishing Cult Activities

Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on Accession to the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict and the Protocol

Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on Accession to the Convention on the International Recognition of Rights in Aircraft

Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on Ratifying the Decision III/1 on the Resolution on Amendments to

the Basel Convention Passed by the Third Meeting of the Congress of Parties to the Basel Convention

Decree No.273 of the State Council of the People's Republic of China

Regulations on Management of Commercial Cipher Codes

Circular of the State Council on Establishment of the National Work Committee for the Aged

Circular of the General Office of the State Council on Issuing the Program for the Setup of Maritime Institutions Directly Under the Ministry of Communications

Program for the Setup of Maritime Institutions Directly Under th eMinistry of Communications

Sequence of Maritime Institutions Directly Under the Ministry of Communications

Circular of the General Office of the State Council on Scrutinizing and Rectifying the Economy_ and Securities_Oriented Int ermediary Agencies

Excerpts of Approvals

Press Communique on the Signing of the Bilateral Agreement Between the Government of the People's Republic of China and the G overnment of the United States of America on China's Accession to the WorldTrade Organization

Answers of a Foreign Ministry Spokesman at a Press Conference on October 4, 1999

Approval of the State Council on Revoking Changping County and Establishing Changping District in Beijing Municipality

Approval of the State Council on Revoking Qingpu County and Establishing Qingpu District in Shanghai Municipality

Approval of the State Council on Revoking Jinzhong Prefecture and Establishing Prefectural_Level Jinzhong City in Shanxi Province

Approval of the State Council on Revoking Ningde Prefecture and Establishing Prefectural_Level Ningde City in Fujian Province