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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">There are some <span>mistakes in the rules of PRC. The start and end time of DST in China should be 2:00 (i.e. 2:00 to 3:00 at the start and 2:00 to 1:00 at the end). Also in 1988, the start date should be 17 May instead
of 10 May.</span></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Government notices about summer time:</span><br>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">1986-04-12</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><a href="http://www.zj.gov.cn/attach/zfgb/198608.pdf" class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk497643" previewremoved="true" style="font-size: 12pt;">http://www.zj.gov.cn/attach/zfgb/198608.pdf</a><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> p.21-22
(To establish summer time from 1986. On 4 May, set the clocks ahead one hour at 2 am. On 14 September, <span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif, EmojiFont, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", NotoColorEmoji, "Segoe UI Symbol", "Android Emoji", EmojiSymbols; font-size: 16px;">set
the clocks backward one hour at 2 am</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif, EmojiFont, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", NotoColorEmoji, "Segoe UI Symbol", "Android Emoji", EmojiSymbols; font-size: 16px;">.</span>)</span><br>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">1987-02-15</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.gov.cn/gongbao/shuju/1987/gwyb198703.pdf" class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk396367" previewremoved="true">http://www.gov.cn/gongbao/shuju/1987/gwyb198703.pdf</a> p.114 (Summer
time in 1987 to start from 12 April until 13 September)</span></p>
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1987-09-09</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.gov.cn/gongbao/shuju/1987/gwyb198721.pdf" class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk786198" previewremoved="true">http://www.gov.cn/gongbao/shuju/1987/gwyb198721.pdf</a> p.709 (From
1988, summer time to start <span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif, EmojiFont, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", NotoColorEmoji, "Segoe UI Symbol", "Android Emoji", EmojiSymbols; font-size: 16px;">
from</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> 2 am of the first Sunday </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">of mid-April
<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif, EmojiFont, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", NotoColorEmoji, "Segoe UI Symbol", "Android Emoji", EmojiSymbols; font-size: 16px;">
until</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif, EmojiFont, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", NotoColorEmoji, "Segoe UI Symbol", "Android Emoji", EmojiSymbols; font-size: 16px;"> </span>2 am of <span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif, EmojiFont, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", NotoColorEmoji, "Segoe UI Symbol", "Android Emoji", EmojiSymbols; font-size: 12pt;">the
first Sunday </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif, EmojiFont, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", NotoColorEmoji, "Segoe UI Symbol", "Android Emoji", EmojiSymbols; font-size: 12pt;">of mid-September)</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif, EmojiFont, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", NotoColorEmoji, "Segoe UI Symbol", "Android Emoji", EmojiSymbols; font-size: 12pt;"><br>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">1992-03-03</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><a href="http://www.gov.cn/gongbao/shuju/1992/gwyb199205.pdf" class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk477375" previewremoved="true">http://www.gov.cn/gongbao/shuju/1992/gwyb199205.pdf</a> p.152 (To <span>suspend</span> summer time from
1992)<br>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The first page of </span>People's Daily on 12 April 1988 stating that summer time to <span>begin on </span>17 April.<br>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif, EmojiFont, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", NotoColorEmoji, "Segoe UI Symbol", "Android Emoji", EmojiSymbols; font-size: 16px;"><a href="http://data.people.com.cn/pic/101p/1988/04/1988041201.jpg" class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk525755" previewremoved="true" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif, EmojiFont, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", NotoColorEmoji, "Segoe UI Symbol", "Android Emoji", EmojiSymbols; font-size: 16px;">http://data.people.com.cn/pic/101p/1988/04/1988041201.jpg</a><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif, EmojiFont, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", NotoColorEmoji, "Segoe UI Symbol", "Android Emoji", EmojiSymbols; font-size: 16px;"> </span><br>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif, EmojiFont, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", NotoColorEmoji, "Segoe UI Symbol", "Android Emoji", EmojiSymbols; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif, EmojiFont, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", NotoColorEmoji, "Segoe UI Symbol", "Android Emoji", EmojiSymbols; font-size: 16px;"><br>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif, EmojiFont, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", NotoColorEmoji, "Segoe UI Symbol", "Android Emoji", EmojiSymbols; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif, EmojiFont, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", NotoColorEmoji, "Segoe UI Symbol", "Android Emoji", EmojiSymbols; font-size: 16px;"><br>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif, EmojiFont, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", NotoColorEmoji, "Segoe UI Symbol", "Android Emoji", EmojiSymbols; font-size: 16px;">Proposed
rules:</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif, EmojiFont, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", NotoColorEmoji, "Segoe UI Symbol", "Android Emoji", EmojiSymbols; font-size: 16px;"></span></span></p>
<div>Rule<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>PRC<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>
1986<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>only<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>
-<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>May<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>4<span style="white-space:pre">
</span>2:00<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>1:00<span style="white-space:pre">
</span>D</div>
<div>Rule<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>PRC<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>
1986<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>1991<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>
-<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Sep<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Sun>=11<span style="white-space:pre">
</span>2:00<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>0<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>
S</div>
<div>Rule<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>PRC<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>
1987<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>1991<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>
-<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Apr<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Sun>=11<span style="white-space:pre">
</span>2:00<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>1:00<span style="white-space:pre">
</span>D</div>
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<span>Regards,</span>
<div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">P Chan</span><br>
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