Have you any source for that? I have no reason to suspect that China has more laws than other countries. The legal system of China is mostly based on various Eu

Have you any source for that? I have no reason to suspect that China has more laws than other countries. The legal system of China is mostly based on various European civil law systems. And since their legal system is more recent it should logically have fewer laws. According to lawinfochina.com there seem to be 307 active laws (484 if we include decisions on the relevant legal issues). No idea though if that is much compared to other countries but it does not sound that much to me. http://www.lawinfochina.com/search/SearchLaw.aspx http://www.lawinfochina.com/search/SearchLaw.aspx EDIT: After thinking some more on it 307 sounds like incredibly few laws. About the number you would want in a lean government.