China's top legislature is intensifying oversight of regulations and legal documents. A report submitted this week shows that the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee's recording and review mechanism saw record activity in 2025. More than 2,300 regulations, judicial interpretations and other normative documents were filed for review, while over 6,700 review suggestions from the public and social organizations were processed.

A major focus this year has been a comprehensive review of existing regulations to improve the business environment, with particular attention on supporting the private economy. Since the Private Sector Promotion Law came into effect in May, the NPC Standing Committee has led a nationwide screening of normative documents, identifying more than 1,400 that require urgent revision or repeal. Most of these involved local rules that improperly created market barriers or restricted financing for private enterprises.

Yan Dongfeng, director of the Recording and Review Office of the NPC Standing Committee's Legislative Affairs Commission, says the majority of such provisions have already been amended or abolished, marking a concrete step toward building a unified national market that is open, fair, transparent and governed by the rule of law.