Legal basis: Decision of the National People's Congress on Amending the Legislative Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).
Article 71 is renumbered as Article 80, and the second paragraph is amended as: "Matters stipulated by departmental rules shall be matters for the implementation of laws or administrative regulations, decisions and orders of the State Council. Without the basis of laws or administrative regulations, decisions and orders of the State Council, departmental rules may not set norms that derogate from the rights of citizens, legal persons and other organizations or increase their obligations, nor may they increase their powers or reduce their statutory duties. "
Article 70 is renumbered as Article 79, and the first paragraph is amended as: "After the promulgation of local regulations, autonomous regulations and separate regulations of autonomous regions, they shall be published in the bulletin of the Standing Committee of the people's congress at the corresponding level, the website of China People's Congress, the website of local people's congresses and newspapers distributed within their respective administrative areas."