The Seventh Additional Protocol to the Constitution of the Universal Postal Union (CUPU) was approved by China's top legislature on Friday.
The contents of the seventh additional protocol, which was done in Bucharest, Romania, on Oct. 5, 2004, and effective on Jan. 1, 2006, included articles concerning the missions of the union and definitions of some terms and some literal revisions to the CUPU.
The seventh additional protocol, the seventh revision to the CUPU, is in accordance with the Chinese legal principle, Premier Wen Jiabao said in a statement submitted to the fourth session of the 11th Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) for deliberation.
China joined the CUPU in 1973 and ratified the previous six additional protocols in 1973, 1977, 1987, 1991, 1997 and 2003 respectively. The seventh was approved by 33 member countries on July 4, 2008.
Source: Xinhua
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