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Top officials revive mechanism to supervise local governments’ administrative law enforcement

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China's leaders are beefing up a mechanism that will help improve the business environment. The general offices of the Party Central Committee and the State Council recently promulgated policy guidance on strengthening the administrative law enforcement supervision mechanism.

On Tuesday, Xinhua rel...



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