For those interested in the recent legal developments in China, here's a list of new China-related library acquisitions in Chinese, English and Italian. They include commentaries on the new Property Law and Labor Contract Law.  Two titles may be of interest to those doing empirical research: Zhu Jingwen's work with statistical data on the Chinese court system (in Chinese) and China Development Review, a publication by the Development Research Council, the policy research arm of the PRC State Council (in English and Chinese).

The PRC National People's Congress in March approved a government reorganization plan that consolidated several ministries and appointed new officials to top leadership posts. See the latest analysis from the US-China Business Council.  For an interesting commentary on the developments of the Chinese party leadership, see CRS Report  "China's 17th Communist Party Congress 2007: Leadership and policy implications".