CONTENTS

• Chinese President Xi Jinping Delivers a New Year Address for 2020

Speech at the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference New Year’s Tea Party......Xi Jinping 

• The General Office of the Central Committee of the CPC and the General Office of the State Council Print and Issue the Circular on Fulfilling Relevant Work during the Period of the New Year’s Day and Spring Festival in 2020

• Decree of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China (No. 723)

— Regulations for the Implementation of the Foreign Investment Law of the People’s Republic of China

• Decree of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China (No. 724)

— Regulations on Guaranteeing the Payment of Wages of Migrant Workers

• Guiding Opinions of the General Office of the State Council on Promoting the Work of Standardizing and Regulating Government Transparency at Grassroots Level in an All-around Way

• Circular of the General Office of the State Council on Printing and Issuing the Catalogue and Standards of Centralized Government Procurement for Central Budgeting Units (2020 Version)

— Catalogue and Standards of Centralized Government Procurement for Central Budgeting Units (2020 Version)

• Circular of the General Office of the State Council on Adjusting the Constituent Members of the National Energy Committee

• Decree of the Ministry of Natural Resources of the People’s Republic of China (No. 4)

— Provisions on Response to Administrative Lawsuits Concerning Natural Resources

• Decree of the Ministry of Natural Resources of the People’s Republic of China (No. 5)

— Decision of the Ministry of Natural Resources on the First Batch of Annulled and Amended Ministerial Rules

• Decree of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of the People’s Republic of China (No. 5)

— Provisions on Administration of Qualifications of Welders of Civil Nuclear Safety Equipment

• Decree of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of the People’s Republic of China (No. 6) 

— Provisions on Administration of Qualifications of Non-destructive Testers of Civil Nuclear Safety Equipment

• Decree of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of the People’s Republic of China (No. 48) 

— Decision of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development on Annulling Certain Ministerial Rules

• Decree of the Ministry of Transport of the People’s Republic of China (No. 25, 2019)

— Decision of the Ministry of Transport on Amending the Provisions on Transport Airport Licensing

— Provisions on Transport Airport Licensing

• Decree of the Ministry of Transport of the People’s Republic of China (No. 26, 2019)

— Decision of the Ministry of Transport on Amending the Regulations on the Management of Regular International Air Transport

— Regulations on the Management of Regular International Air Transport

• Decree of the Ministry of Transport of the People’s Republic of China (No. 27, 2019)

— Decision of the Ministry of Transport on Annulling the Provisions on Procedures for Formulating Regulatory Documents by Functional Departments of the General Administration of Civil Aviation

• Decree of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (No. 159)

— Decision on Amending the Measures for Administration of Major

Assets-restructuring of Listed Companies

— Measures for Administration of Major Assets-restructuring of Listed Companies

• Circular of the National Development and Reform Commission on Printing and Issuing the Guidelines on Corporate Bond Bookkeeping, Filing and Issuance and the Guidelines on Corporate Bond Bidding and Issuance

— Guidelines on Corporate Bond Bookkeeping, Filing, and Issuance

— Guidelines on Corporate Bond Bidding and Issuance

• Circular of the Ministry of Education, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security on Printing and Issuing the Implementation Plan for Deepening the Reform of Building a Contingent of “Double-qualified” Teachers in Vocational Education for the New Era

— Implementation Plan for Deepening the Reform of Building a Contingent of “Double-qualified” Teachers in Vocational Education for the New Era

• Opinions of the Ministry of Education on Deepening the Reform of Undergraduate Education and Teaching and Comprehensively Improving the Quality of Talent Training

• Circular of the Ministry of Science and Technology on Printing and Issuing the Guiding Opinions on Promoting the Development of New R&D Organizations

— Guiding Opinions on Promoting the Development of New R&D Organizations

• Circular of the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Publicity Department of the CCCPC, the Supreme People’s Court, the Supreme People’s Procuratorate, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Public Security,  the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the National Health Commission, the State Administration for Market Regulation, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, the Chinese Academy of Engineering, the National Natural Science Foundation of China, China Association for Science and Technology, the Equipment Development Department of the Central Military Commission and the Committee of Science and Technology of the Central Military Commission on Printing and Issuing the Rules on Investigating and Handling Cases Concerning Integrity of Scientific Research (for Trial Implementation)

— Rules on Investigating and Handling Cases Concerning Integrity of Scientific Research (for Trial Implementation)

• Appointments and Removals Made by the State Council of the People’s Republic of China