CONTENTS

　　·Decree No. 281 of the State Council

　　—Interim Regulations Concerning the Disciplinary Sanction for Activities Against the Separated Management of Administrative and Institutional Charges and Revenues on Penalties and Confiscations

　　·Circular of the General Office of the State Council on the Adjustment of the Composition of the Commission of Currency Policy of the People’s Bank of China

　　·Official Letter of Reply of the General Office of the State Council on Hefei Economic and Technological Development Zone of Anhui Province

　　·Official Letter of Reply of the General Office of the State Council on Zhengzhou Economic and Technological Development Zone of Henan Province

　　·Official Letter of Reply of the General Office of the State Council on Xi’an Economic and Technological Development Zone of Shaanxi Province

　　·Official Letter of Reply of the General Office of the State Council on Chengdu Economic and Technological Development Zone of Sichuan Province

　　·Official Letter of Reply of the General Office of the State Council on Kunming Economic and Technological Development Zone of Yunnan Province

　　·Official Letter of Reply of the General Office of the State Council on Changsha Economic and Technological Development Zone of Hunan Province

　　·Official Letter of Reply of the General Office of the State Council on Guiyang Economic and Technological Development Zone of Guizhou Province

　　·Circular of the General Office of the State Council on Ratifying the General City Planning Program of Xiangfan City

　　·Foreign Ministry News Briefings on January 18, 2000

　　·Remarks of Foreign Ministry Spokesperson on January 23, 2000

　　·Foreign Ministry News Briefings on January 23, 2000

　　·Fifty Years of Progress in China’s Human Rights —— Information Office of the State Council

　　·Decree No. 16 of the State Economic and Trade Commission of the People’s Republic of China

　　—List of Backward Production Capacities, Technologies and Products To Be Eliminated (Second Batch)

　　·Circular on Organizing Training of Common Spoken Chinese Among Public Servants —— Ministry of Personnel and Another Two Departments

　　—Proposed Grade Standards for the Test of Common Spoken Chinese

　　·Circular on Implementing Structural and Proportional Administration of Professional and Technical Posts in Public Institutions —— Ministry of Personnel

　　·Circular on Implementing the System for Administration of the Training Certificates of Public Servants —— Ministry of Personnel

　　·Circular on Continuing the Efforts to Reunite Husbands and Wives in the Capacity of Cadre Who Live in Different Places Because of Job Allotment —— Ministry of Personnel, Ministry of Public Security

　　·Circular on Issuing the Regulations Regarding the Management of Personnel Disputes and the Methods for the Administration of Arbitrators Dealing With Personnel Disputes —— Ministry of Personnel

　　—Regulations Regarding the Management of Personnel Disputes

　　—Methods for the Administration of Arbitrators Dealing with Personnel Disputes

　　·Circular on Issues Concerning the Revoking of Administrative Sanctions Against Public Servants —— Ministry of Personnel, Ministry of Supervision

　　·Circular on Issuing the Methods for the Assessment and Confirmation of the Reserves of Mineral Resources —— Ministry of Land and Resources

　　—Methods for the Assessment and Confirmation of the Reserves of Mineral Resources

　　·Circular on Several Issues Concerning the Administration of the Examination, Ratification and Implementation of the General Program of Land Exploitation —— Ministry of Land and Resources