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conducted ex ante, interim, and ex post constitutional reviews on a regular
basis throughout our legislation and revision processes. In response to
questions regarding the constitutionality of the draft revisions of the

Population and Family Planning Law, we issued opinions based on our
research into relevant matters stipulated by the Constitution. We responded
promptly to public concerns, including on protecting freedom of
correspondence and privacy of correspondence, establishing unified personal
injury compensation standards for urban and rural residents, and promoting
the use of standard spoken and written Chinese in areas with large ethnic
minority populations. We worked to see that all laws, regulations, policies,
and measures conformed to the Constitution both in letter and in spirit.

We formulated methods for recording and reviewing regulations and
judicial interpretations. We developed sound mechanisms for coordinating

recording and review work and for hearing and deliberating an annual report
on this work. We also established an expert committee for recording and
review. Our work in this area has become significantly more institutionalized,
procedure-based, and professional.

We made it a rule to put on record all documents that are subject to
recording, to review all recorded documents, and to correct all errors
identified. As such, we reviewed all 7,261 normative documents submitted for
recording and review and examined 17,769 suggestions for review from
citizens and organizations, offering opinions on how to deal with them. We
reviewed and overhauled normative documents in over 20 areas, including

environmental protection, improvement of the business environment, food
and drug safety, population and family planning, implementation of the Civil
Code, and administrative penalties, and we urged relevant formulating
bodies to revise or rescind more than 25,000 documents. By doing so, we
protected the legal rights and interests of our citizens and upheld the unity of
the law.

(4) We promoted compliance with and public awareness of the Constitution.

We organized activities and symposiums to mark National Constitution
Day every year, helping people everywhere become more mindful of the
Constitution. In line with the Constitution, we made two decisions to confer
national medals and titles of honor to commend prominent figures who have
achieved outstanding accomplishments in the development of the People’s
Republic of China, foreign friends who have contributed greatly to
cooperation and exchanges between China and other countries, and people

who have made outstanding contributions in the fight against Covid-19. We
also decided to grant special pardons to certain criminals serving sentences,

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