China's highest legislative body is seeking a legal solution to conflicts and confusion arising from miscommunication among different departments in the process of lawmaking.

　 The Commission of Legislative Affairs of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee October 25 submitted a draft of the Legislation Law to the ongoing 12th session of the NPC Standing Committee.

　 Numerous disputes have come about during law enforcement because laws and regulations issued by different departments often contradict each other, said a senior legislator.

　 Compared with some 350 laws and regulations published by the NPC and its Standing Committee in the past two decades, the State Council drew up more than 700 administrative regulations within 20 years and local legislatures and governments issued over 4,200 regulations in the recent five years.

　 "The rush of administrative regulations issued by governments at various levels has brought some problems to the enforcement work. So it is necessary to confirm limits of authority," Zhang Chunsheng, vice chairman of the commission, explained the bill to legislators.

　 According to the draft, if the NPC Standing Committee affirms that a regulation goes against the constitution or law, the committee can instruct the relevant administrative body to revise or repeal it.

　 The draft further defines the exclusive legislation scope of the NPC and its Standing Committee, which includes enforcement measures relating to citizens' rights of political and personal freedom; civil codes on real rights, obligatory rights, intellectual property rights, marriage and inheritance; lawsuits and enforcement systems and some other major items concerning the fundamental systems of politics, economy and laws of the state.

　 The draft provides detailed stipulations on the limits of authority the regulations have at various levels.

　 Zhang Chunsheng stressed that the legislation law, if adopted, would help to standardize legislative work and implementation of the rule of law in China. (Xinhua)