Notice of Promulgation for the National Standard"Load Code for the Design of Building Structures" Document JB [2002]No.10 According to the requirements of"Notice of Printing and Distributing for the 1997 Preparation and Revision Plan of Engineering Construction Standards'(Document B[1997]No.108)-Ministry of Construction",that the"Load Code for the Design of Building Structures"has been revised by Ministry of Construction together with the relevant departments,after a joint xamination of relevant depart- ments,hence the new code has been approved as a national standard with a serial number of GB50009-2001,and it shall come into force upon March 1,2002.Herein,clauses 1.0.5,3.1.2, 3.2.3,3.2.5,4.1.1,4.1.2,4.3.1,4.5.1,4.5.2,6.1.1,6.1.2,7.1.1and7.1.2ae mandatory clauses,which must be enforced strictly.The original"Load Code for the Design of Building Structures"GBJ987 shall be abolished after December 31,2002 The Ministry of Construction is in charge of management and explanation of the mandatory clauses in the code,the China Academy of Building Research will be responsible for the explanation of specific technicaont and the Research Institute of Standards and Noms-Ministry of Construction will organize the China Architecture Building Press to take on publishing and distributing works of this code Ministry of Construction of the People's Republic of China January 10,2002