Regulation on Electric Power Supervision

Regulation on Electric Power Supervision Order of the State Council of the People's Republic of China (No. 432) The Regulation on Electric Power Supervision, which was adopted at the 80th executive meeting of the State Council on February 2, 2005, is hereby promulgated and shall come into force as of May 1, 2005. Premier Wen Jiabao February 15, 2005 Regulation on Electric Power Supervision Chapter I General Provisions Article 1 The present Regulation is formulated for the purpose of strengthening electric power supervision, regulating the supervision of electric power, and improving the electric power supervisory system. Article 2 The tasks of electric power supervision are to maintain the order of the electric power market, protect the legitimate rights and interests of those who invest in, manage or consume the electric power and the social public interests, to guarantee the safe and stable operation of the electric power system and to promote the sound development of the electric power industry. Article 3 Electric power supervision shall be conducted in accordance with the law and in compliance with the principles of openness, justness and efficiency. Article 4 The electric power supervisory organ of the State Council shall perform the functions of electric power supervision and administrative law enforcement pursuant to the present Regulation and the relevant provisions of the State Council. The relevant departments of the State Council shall perform relevant supervisory functions and administrative law enforcement functions pursuant to the laws, administrative regulations and the relevant provisions of the State Council. Article 5 Any entity or individual shall be entitled to report to the electric power supervisory organ and the relevant government department if there is any violation of the present Regulation and the state provisions on electric power supervision, and the electric power supervisory organ and other relevant government departments shall handle it without delay, and shall grant a reward to the person who makes contributions to such report. Chapter II Supervisory Organ Article 6 The electric power supervisory organ of the State Council may, in accordance with the requirements for performing functions, set up representative offices upon the approval of the State Council, and apply unitary leadership and administration to the offices. The representative offices of the electric power supervisory organ of the State Council shall perform their supervisory functions within the scope as authorized by the electric power supervisory organ of the State Council. Article 7 A functionary of the electric power supervisory organ engaged in supervision work shall possess the professional knowledge and operational work experiences suitable for electric power supervision. Article 8 The functionaries of the electric power supervisory organ engaged in supervision shall be loyal to their duties, handle matters in pursuance of the law, be impartial and clean, and may not seek improper interests by taking advantages of their posts or hold concurrent positions in the electric power enterprise or the trading institution for dispatching electric power. Article 9 The electric power supervisory organ shall establish a supervision responsibility system and a supervision information publicity system. Article 10 When an electric power supervisory organ or any of its supervisory functionaries performs electric power supervisory functions, the departments and persons concerned shall support and cooperate with them. Article 11 The electric power supervisory organ shall be subject to the supervision of the finance, government supervision and auditing departments of the State Council. Chapter III Supervisory Duties Article 12 The electric power supervisory organ of the State Council shall, within its functions, formulate and issue regulations and rules on electric power supervision in accordance with the laws, administrative regulations and the present Regulation. Article 13 The electric power supervisory organ shall issue and administer the licenses for electric power businesses in accordance with the relevant laws and the relevant provisions of the State Council. Article 14 The electric power supervisory organ shall, pursuant to the relevant state provisions, exert supervision over the proportion of electric power generation enterprises to each electric power market. Article 15 The electric power supervisory organ shall exert supervision over the im......