%A KONG Qingjiang, %T Conflict of normative documents and its management in China %0 Journal Article %D 2009 %J Front. Law China %J Frontiers of Law in China %@ 1673-3428 %R 10.1007/s11463-009-0032-1 %P 633-646 %V 4 %N 4 %U {https://journal.hep.com.cn/flc/EN/10.1007/s11463-009-0032-1 %8 2009-12-05 %X Regulatory instruments in the form of normative documents has been used as a way to modernize Chinese society since the late 1970s. However, the conflict between laws undermines the effectiveness of such efforts. This article aims to answer the following questions in the process of law-making: How serious is the conflict of normative documents in China? Why there exists the conflict of normative documents? How the Legislation Law approaches the conflict of normative documents? What to be done to prevent the conflict of normative documents?