Decision of the Standing Committee of Shanghai Municipal People’s Congress on Ceasing the Implementation of Relevant Provisions Concerning Administrative Undertaking Charges in Two Local Rules

(Adopted on April 24, 2008 at the 3^rd Session of the Standing Committee of the 13^th Shanghai Municipal People’s Congress)

The 3^rd Session of the Standing Committee of the 13^th Shanghai Municipal People’s Congress deliberated the bill on “Suggestion to the Standing Committee of Shanghai Municipal People’s Congress about Adopting the ‘Decision on Ceasing the Implementation of Relevant Provisions Concerning Administrative Undertaking Charges in Two Local Rules’” submitted by the Municipal People’s Government. With a view to further pushing forward the transformation of governmental functions, deepening the reform of the administrative system, and promoting the administration-by-law by the government, the standing committee of the Municipal People’s Congress decided to cease the implementation of relevant provisions concerning two items of administrative undertaking charges, namely, the fee for the permit for planning of construction project set forth in Clause 5 of Article 60 of the “Regulations of Shanghai Municipality on Urban Planning”, and the administration fees charged by the Municipal Office for Funeral and Interment confirmed in Clause 2 of Article 13 of the “Regulations of Shanghai Municipality on the Administration of Funeral and Interment”, and will revise the above-mentioned two local rules in due time in accordance with the legal procedures.

This Decision shall be effective as of the date of adoption.