Legal Literature in the P.R. China

Summary

Since the founding of the People's Republic of China in Oct. 1949, especially since the implementation of reforms and opening-up policy in 1978, the national legislatures of China on both central and local levels have enacted or passed large quantities of laws and administrative regulations. Meanwhile, a great number of legal publications have been published during the period. The paper, from three aspects, namely the primary sources, secondary materials and finding tools, gives the information on China's legal literature and provides some bibliographical accesses to this large body of law.