BEIJING, December 23 -- China is to repeal entry and exit permits for the transport of corpses to simplify procedures for public convenience and to enhance government administration efficiency, according to a Frontier Health and Quarantine Law draft amendment.

It was submitted to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature, for deliberation on Sunday.

According to the existing law, consignors or agents must get an entry or exit permit from the relevant authorities before they transport a corpse or human remains across the country's border.

The requirement was deleted in the draft. It now stipulated that "a consignor or an agent for the transportation of a corpse or human remains into or out of the country must declare the matter to a frontier health and quarantine office; transport thereof, in either direction across the border, shall not be allowed until sanitary inspection proves satisfactory."

Cao Kangtai, Legislative Affairs Office of the State Council director, told the legislative session that requirements of corpses varied from other goods going into or out of the country.

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