SWB
FE/7817/BII/8
5 Dec 84
Handbooks on commodities and law The Ministry of Commerce is compiling the country's first "dictionary of commodities". The dictionary will cover 50,000 commodities such as confectionery, cigarettes, alcoholic drinks, meat, poultry, vegetables, native and special products, clothes, shoes, hats, household electrical appliances, daily necessities, instruments and meters, metals and machines.
The first volume of "collected papers on law in China" has been issued by the law publishing house. The 31 papers are on legal theory, the constitution, criminal law, marriage law, legal history, procedural law, international law and economic law. (Xinhua in English 1152 gmt 30 Nov 84)
Society to speed restoration of Summer Palace The China Yuanmingyuan Society was founded in Peking on 1st December speed up the systematic restoration of the Summer Palace. Xu Deheng, Deputy Chairman of the NPC Standing Committee, is its honorary president, and Wei Chuantong, Director of the Institute of Art of the Chinese PLA is president. (Xinhua in English 0737 gmt 1 Dec 84)
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