1. Law: The National People's Congress and the NPC Standing Committee are the highest authorities in China, exercising the legislative power of the state. After the legislation is passed, the president will sign a presidential decree to announce it. So the level of law is the highest. Laws are generally called * * laws, such as Constitution, Criminal Law and Labor Contract Law.
2. Legal interpretation: refers to the interpretation or restriction of certain clauses or words in the law. These interpretations will involve the application of the law. The power of legal interpretation belongs to the NPC Standing Committee, and its legal interpretation has the same effect as the law. There is also a judicial interpretation, that is, the interpretation made by the Supreme People's Court or the Supreme People's Procuratorate, which is used to guide the judicial work of grass-roots courts.
3. Administrative regulations: formulated by the State Council and promulgated by 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.
4. Local regulations, autonomous regulations and separate regulations: formulated by the people's congresses and their standing committees of all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government, which are equivalent to the highest authorities 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.
5. Rules and regulations: The makers are ministries and commissions of the State Council, People's Bank of China, Audit Office and directly affiliated institutions with administrative functions, and these rules and regulations are only valid within 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 some regulations formulated by the people's governments of 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.