''Legal Daily'' () is a

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state-owned

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under the supervision of the

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that is published in the PRC and primarily covers legal developments, such as important court rulings. Before 2001, ''Legal Daily'' was an organ of the

Ministry of Justice of the People's Republic of China The Ministry of Justice of the People's Republic of China is a government ministry under the State Council of China which is responsible for legal affairs. The range of responsibilities include judicial process, drafting legislation, deve ...

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The newspaper, like most other similar papers in China, also produces two ''

neican Internal Reference (), abbreviated as ''neican'' (), is a series of internal reports with limited circulation prepared for Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and government officials in the People's Republic of China. Content In the internal referenc ...

'' editions (internal reference editions); one version is often sent to officials nationwide to keep them up-to-date on legal developments, and a more-restricted version is distributed more selectively to individual government officials who may be related to the topic at hand. ''Neican'' editions are produced whenever deemed necessary. ''Legal Daily'' generates revenue by publishing two market-oriented newspapers, one aimed at legal workers and the other for the general public, and a monthly magazine.

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* Daily newspapers published in China Chinese-language newspapers (Simplified Chinese) Newspapers published in Beijing Legal newspapers Publications with year of establishment missing Chinese Communist Party newspapers {{china-newspaper-stub Law of the People's Republic of China Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission