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"This new edition represents a significant update to the previous version, reflecting the many changes and developments that have taken place in China's legal system and legal publishing industry over the past two decades. In the years since the publication of the first edition, China has undergone a period of rapid growth and transformation, both economically and politically. These changes have had a profound impact on the country's legal system, resulting in a host of new laws and regulations such as the Anti-Secession Law (2005), Labor Contract Law (2007), Enterprise Income Tax Law (2007), Foreign Investment Law (2019), Civil Code (2020), and Personal Information Protection Law (2021), as well as important revisions to existing ones. This edition provides readers with a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the Chinese constitution, legal philosophies, ideologies, government structures, legal institutions, legislative process, judicial system, government information dissemination, legal publishing industry, and legal research"-- $c Provided by publisher.