BEIJING,
Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- China's top legislature on Saturday repealed entry and exit
permits for the transport of corpses to simplify procedures for public
convenience and to enhance government administration efficiency.
The 31st session of the Standing Committee of the
National People's Congress (NPC) approved the amendment to the Border Quarantine
Law.
It stipulated that "a consignor or an agent for the
transport of a corpse or human remains into or out of the country must declare
the matter to a frontier health and quarantine office; transport thereof, in
either direction across the border, shall not be allowed until sanitary
inspection proves satisfactory."
In other words, a related administrative permit will
not be required. The move is believed to be part of the government's reform of
administrative procedure for examination and approval.
The legislative session also adopted an amendment to
the Cultural Relics Protection Law, exempting three items from administrative
approval by the central government.
The reconstruction of unmovable cultural relics, the
use of state-owned commemorative buildings and ancient buildings for other
purposes rather than museums and visiting places, and the borrowing and lending
of first-rate cultural relics can be permitted by provincial governments instead
of the central government, according to the amendment.
It also simplified the administration procedures for
state-run museums to exchange cultural relics for exhibition and scientific
research.
