颁布 bānbù to issue
to issue; to proclaim; to enact (laws, decrees etc)
How to remember 颁布: 颁 to bestow + 布 cotton = to issue.
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How it is used
- To promulgate / enact - officially issue laws, decrees, regulations - 颁布新法律 (bānbù xīn fǎlǜ) to enact a new law.
- Formal governmental register; the object is legislation or official rules made public.
- Contrast 颁发 (bānfā, to award certificates/honors) - 颁布 is for proclaiming laws and policies.