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The following is an incomprehensive list of the statutes of China, classified and ordered according to the Ministry of Justice of the People's Republic of China. [1] The laws in each sections are listed in chronological order of the year they were passed.
Passed | Laws | Voting results (Yea / Nay / Abstain) | Amendment(s) |
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4 December 1982 | Constitution | 1988, 1993, 1999, 2004, 2018 |
Laws | Passed | Voting results (Yea / Nay / Abstain) | Amendment(s) |
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Criminal Law | 1 July 1979 | 1997, 1999, 2001(1), 2001(2), 2002, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2020, 2023 | |
Decision of the NPCSC on Punishing Crimes of Fraudulent Purchase of Foreign Exchange, Foreign Exchange Evasion and Illegal Foreign Exchange Trading | 29 December 1998 | ||
Counterespionage Law | 1 November 2014 | 156 / 0 / 1 [8] | 2023 |
Anti-Organized Crime Law | 24 December 2021 | ||
Anti-Telecom Network Fraud Law | 2 September 2022 |
Laws | Passed | Voting results (Yea / Nay / Abstain) | Amendment(s) |
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Law on Administrative Penalty | 17 March 1996 | 2009, 2017, 2021 | |
Administrative Reconsideration Law | 29 April 1999 | 2009, 2017, 2023 | |
Administrative License Law | 27 August 2003 | 2019 | |
Civil Servant Law | 27 April 2005 | 2017, 2018 | |
Administrative Compulsion Law | 30 June 2011 | 145 / 1 / 7 [9] |
Laws | Passed | Voting results (Yea / Nay / Abstain) | Amendment(s) |
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Marriage Law | 10 September 1980 | 2001 | |
Law of Succession | 10 April 1985 | ||
Law of Industrial Enterprises Owned by the Whole People | 13 April 1988 | 2009 | |
Copyright Law | 7 September 1990 | 2001, 2010 | |
Adoption Law | 29 December 1991 | 1998 | |
Maritime Law | 7 November 1992 | ||
Company Law | 29 December 1993 | 1999, 2004, 2005, 2013, 2018 | |
Law on Commercial Banks | 10 May 1995 | 2003, 2015 | |
Negotiable Instruments Law | 10 May 1995 | 2004 | |
Insurance Law | 30 June 1995 | 2002, 2009, 2014, 2015 | |
The Guarantee Law | 30 June 1995 | ||
Auction Law | 5 July 1996 | 2004, 2015 | |
Partnership Enterprise Law | 23 February 1997 | 2006 | |
Securities Law | 29 December 1998 | 2004, 2005, 2013, 2014, 2019 | |
Contract Law | 15 March 1999 | ||
The Bidding Law | 30 August 1999 | 2017 | |
Law on Individual Proprietorship Enterprises | 30 August 1999 | ||
Trust Law | 28 April 2001 | ||
Law on the Promotion of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises | 29 June 2002 | 2017 | |
Law on Rural Land Contracting | 29 August 2002 | 2009, 2018 | |
Electronic Signature Law | 28 August 2004 | 2015, 2019 | |
Law on Farmers' Professional Cooperatives | 31 October 2006 | 143 / 1 / 1 [24] | 2017 |
Enterprise Bankruptcy Law | 27 August 2006 | ||
Property Law | 16 March 2007 | 2799 / 52 / 31 [25] | 2017 |
Tort Law | 26 December 2009 | 139 / 10 / 15 [14] | 2017 |
Law on Choice of Law for Foreign-related Civil Relationships | 28 October 2010 | ||
General Provisions of the Civil Law | 15 March 2017 | 2782 / 30 / 21 [26] | |
E-Commerce Law | 31 August 2018 | 167 / 1 / 3 [20] |
Laws | Passed | Voting results (Yea / Nay / Abstain) | Amendment(s) |
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Individual Income Tax Law | 10 September 1980 | 1993, 1999, 2005, 2007(1), 2007(2), 2011, 2018 | |
Trademark Law | 23 August 1982 | 1993, 2001, 2013, 2019 | |
Statistics Law | 8 December 1983 | 1996, 2009 | |
Forest Law | 20 September 1984 | 1998, 2009, 2019 | |
Accounting Law | 21 January 1985 | 1993, 1999, 2017 | |
Grassland Law | 18 June 1985 | 2002, 2009, 2013 | |
Metrology Law | 6 September 1985 | 2009, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018 | |
Fisheries Law | 20 January 1986 | 2000, 2004, 2009, 2013 | |
Mineral Resources Law | 19 March 1986 | 1996, 2009 | |
Postal Law | 2 December 1986 | 2009, 2012, 2015 | |
Standardization Law | 29 December 1988 | 2017 | |
Law on Import and Export Commodity Inspection | 21 February 1989 | 2002, 2013, 2018(1), 2018(2) | |
Railway Law | 7 September 1990 | 2009, 2015 | |
Law on Tobacco Monopoly | 29 June 1991 | 2009, 2013, 2015 | |
Water and Soil Conservation Law | 29 June 1991 | 2010 | |
Law on the Entry and Exit Animal and Plant Quarantine | 30 October 1991 | 2009 | |
Tax Collection Administration Law | 4 September 1992 | 1995, 2001, 2015 | |
Product Quality Law | 22 February 1993 | 2000, 2009, 2018 | |
Agriculture Law | 2 July 1993 | 2002, 2012 | |
Law on the Popularization of Agricultural Technology | 2 July 1993 | 2012 | |
Anti-Unfair Competition Law | 2 September 1993 | 2017, 2019 | |
Law on Certified Public Accountants | 31 October 1993 | 2014 | |
Law on the Protection of Consumer Rights and Interests | 31 October 1993 | 2009, 2013 | |
Law on Protection of Investment by Compatriots from Taiwan | 5 March 1994 | 2016, 2019 | |
Budget Law | 22 March 1994 | 2014, 2018 | |
Foreign Trade Law | 12 May 1994 | 2004, 2016 | |
Audit Law | 31 August 1994 | 2006 | |
Advertising Law | 27 October 1994 | 2015, 2018 | |
Law on the People's Bank of China | 18 March 1995 | 2003 | |
Civil Aviation Law | 30 October 1995 | 2009, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 | |
Electric Power Law | 28 December 1995 | 2009, 2015, 2018 | |
Coal Industry Law | 29 August 1996 | 2011, 2013, 2016 | |
Law on Township Enterprises | 29 October 1996 | ||
Highway Law | 3 July 1997 | 1999, 2004, 2009, 2016, 2017 | |
Animal Epidemic Prevention Law | 3 July 1997 | 2007, 2013, 2015 | |
Energy Conservation Law | 1 November 1997 | 2007, 2016, 2018 | |
Law on Flood Control | 1 November 1997 | 2007, 2016 | |
Price Law | 29 December 1997 | ||
Water Law | 21 January 1998 | 2002, 2009, 2016 | |
Seed Law | 8 July 2000 | 2004, 2013, 2015 | |
Law on the Administration of Sea Areas | 27 October 2001 | ||
Government Procurement Law | 29 June 2002 | 2014 | |
Cleaner Production Promotion Law | 29 June 2002 | 2012 | |
Law on Ports | 28 June 2003 | 2015, 2017, 2018 | |
Securities Investment Fund Law | 28 October 2003 | 2012, 2015 | |
Banking Supervision Law | 27 December 2003 | 2006 | |
Law on Promotion of Agricultural Mechanization | 25 June 2004 | 2018 | |
Renewable Energy Law | 28 February 2005 | 2009 | |
Animal Husbandry Law | 29 December 2005 | 2015 | |
Agricultural Product Quality Safety Law | 29 April 2006 | 2018 | |
Anti-Money Laundering Law | 31 October 2006 | 144 / 0 / 1 [24] | |
Enterprise Income Tax Law | 16 March 2007 | 2826 / 37 / 22 [27] | 2017, 2018 |
Labor Contract Law | 29 June 2007 | 2012 | |
Anti-Monopoly Law | 30 August 2007 | 150 / 0 / 2 [10] | |
Circular Economy Promotion Law | 29 August 2008 | 155 / ? / ? [28] | 2018 |
Law on the State-Owned Assets of Enterprises | 28 October 2008 | 150 / 0 / 4 [29] | |
Oil and Natural Gas Pipeline Protection Law | 25 June 2010 | 141 / 7 / 11 [30] | |
Vehicle and Vessel Tax Law | 25 February 2011 | 106 / 15 / 36 [16] | 2019 |
Tourism Law | 25 April 2013 | 150 / 0 / 5 [31] | 2016, 2018 |
Waterway Law | 28 December 2014 | 2016 | |
Law on the Exploration and Development of Resources in Deep Seabed Areas | 26 February 2016 | 163 / 0 / 1 [32] | |
Asset Appraisal Law | 2 July 2016 | 138 / 5 / 14 [33] | |
Cybersecurity Law | 7 November 2016 | 154 / 0 / 1 [17] | |
Environmental Protection Tax Law | 25 December 2016 | 145 / 1 / 4 [18] | 2018 |
Vessel Tonnage Tax Law | 27 December 2017 | 158 / 0 / 0 [34] | 2018 |
Tobacco Leaf Tax Law | 27 December 2017 | 156 / 1 / 1 [34] | |
Law on Farmland Occupation Tax | 29 December 2018 | ||
Foreign Investment Law | 15 March 2019 | 2929 / 8 / 8 [35] | |
Resource Tax Law | 26 August 2019 | 164 / 1 / 2 [36] |
Laws | Passed | Voting results (Yea / Nay / Abstain) | Amendment(s) |
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Criminal Procedure Law | 1 July 1979 | 1996, 2012, 2018 | |
The Civil Procedure Law | 9 April 1991 | 2007, 2012, 2017 | |
Public Procurators Law | 28 February 1995 | 2001, 2017, 2019 | |
Judges Law | 28 February 1995 | 2001, 2017, 2019 | |
Lawyers Law | 15 May 1996 | 2001, 2007, 2012, 2019 | |
Special Maritime Procedure Law | 25 December 1999 | ||
Law on People's Assessors | 27 April 2018 | 169 / 0 / 1 [19] |
Laws | Passed | Voting results (Yea / Nay / Abstain) | Amendment(s) |
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Arbitration Law | 31 August 1994 | 2009, 2017 | |
Extradition Law | 28 December 2000 | ||
Notary Law | 28 August 2005 | 2015, 2017 | |
Labor Dispute Mediation and Arbitration Law | 29 December 2007 | ||
Law on the Mediation and Arbitration of Rural Land Contract Disputes | 27 June 2009 | ||
People's Mediation Law | 28 August 2010 | 143 / 2 / 7 [39] |