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Railway Law of the Peoples Republic of China (Adopted at the 15th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Seventh National Peoples Congress on September 7, 1990 and promulgated by Order No.32 of the President of the Peoples Republic of China on September 7, 1990) Contents Chapter I General Provisions Chapter II Railway Transport Business Chapter III Railway Construction Chapter IV Safety and Protection of Railways Chapter V Legal Responsibility Chapter VI Supplementary Provisions Chapter I General Provisions Article 1 This Law is formulated for the purpose of ensuring smooth progress of railway transport and railway construction in order to meet the demands of socialist modernization and peoples livelihood. Article 2 Railways as referred to in this Law include State railways, local railways, industrial railways and railway private sidings. State railways refer to the railways administered by the competent department in charge of railways under the State Council. Local railways refer to the railways administered by local peoples governments. Industrial railways refer to the railways administered by enterprises or other units to provide in-house transport services. Railway private sidings refer to the branch railway lines which are administered by enterprises or other units and are connected to a State railway line or any other railway line. Article 3 The competent department in charge of railways under the State Council shall be responsible for railway affairs throughout the country, implement over the State railway network a transport control system which is highly centralized and under unified command, and shall provide guidance for, coordination among, supervision over and assistance to local railways, industrial railways and railway private sidings. A State railway transport enterprise shall perform the administrative functions as authorized by relevant laws and administrative rules and regulations. Article 4 The State