The financial departments (bureaus) and judicial departments (bureaus) of all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government, and the Finance Bureau and Judicial Bureau of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps:

With the approval of the State Council, the Ministry of Finance arranges legal aid projects from the central centralized lottery public welfare fund to fund the protection of migrant workers, the disabled, the elderly, women's rights and interests and legal aid for minors. China Legal Aid Foundation is responsible for the specific implementation of legal aid projects. In order to standardize the project management and implementation, ensure the smooth development of the funded legal aid work, and give full play to the efficiency of the use of funds, according to the relevant laws and regulations of the state, we have formulated the Interim Measures for the Implementation and Management of the Legal Aid Project of the Central Special Lottery Public Welfare Fund. It is issued to you, please follow it.

Annex: Interim Measures for the implementation and management of the legal aid project of the central special lottery public welfare fund

Ministry of Finance and Justice

December 30th, 2009