Regulation issued to manage boundaries

With the approval of Premier Li Keqiang, the State Council, China's Cabinet, released a regulation on the management of administrative divisions on Thursday.

The regulation calls for strengthened Party leadership over the management of administrative divisions - boundaries of cities or counties, for example - and for paying due attention to coordinating urban and rural areas where administrative divisions need adjusting.

"Major adjustments of administrative divisions should be reported in a timely manner to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China," the regulation said.