What do laws and regulations mean?

Laws and regulations are the general names of laws, regulations, rules, articles of association and other legal documents.

Laws and regulations refer to normative documents formulated by state organs.

Laws and regulations also have legal effect.

For example:

1. Administrative regulations:

It was formulated by the State Council and promulgated by the the State Council Order signed by Premier the State Council.

These laws and regulations are also common throughout the country and are a supplement to the law. When they mature, they will be added to the law, which is second only to the law.

Laws and regulations are often called regulations, and they can also be detailed rules for the implementation of national laws, such as the Regulations on Public Security Punishment and the Regulations on Patent Agency.

2 local regulations, autonomous regulations and separate regulations:

It is formulated by the people's congresses and their standing committees of all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government, which is equivalent to the highest authority in various places.

Most local laws and regulations are called regulations, some are detailed rules for the local implementation of laws, and some are documents with legal attributes, such as resolutions and decisions.

There are many local names at the beginning of local laws and regulations, such as Beijing Food Safety Regulations and Beijing Measures for Implementing People's Republic of China (PRC) Animal Epidemic Prevention Law.

3. Regulations:

Its makers are the ministries and commissions of the State Council, the People's Bank of China, the National Audit Office and the institutions directly under it with administrative functions, and these Provisions are only valid within the scope of their authority.

Such as the Patent Examination Guide formulated by the State Patent Office and the Measures for the Administration of Drug Registration formulated by the State Food and Drug Administration.

There are also rules and regulations formulated by the people's governments of some provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government and larger cities, which are only valid within their respective administrative areas.

For example, the Beijing Municipal People's Government's Decision on Amending the Regulations on the Administration of Tiananmen Area in Beijing and the Measures for Beijing to Implement the Provisional Regulations of the People's Republic of China on Farmland Occupation Tax.