People’s Courts Organic Law

People’s Courts Organic Law of the People’s Republic of China
中华人民共和国人民法院组织法

[Current Text: Chinese | English › NPC; China Law Translate]

(adopted July 1, 1979, effective Jan. 1, 1980; amended and effective Sept. 2, 1983; amended Oct. 31, 2006, effective Jan. 1, 2007; revised Oct. 26, 2018, effective Jan. 1, 2019)

• Status: Revision passed
• Legislative Body (Vote): NPCSC (169–1–2)
• Principal Drafter & Submitter: NPC Judicial and Internal Affairs Committee
• Legislative Plans
  • Five-year: 8^th NPCSC Category I; 9^th NPCSC Category I; 10^th NPCSC Category I; 12^th NPCSC Category I; 13^th NPCSC Category I
  • Annual: 2017, 2018
• Legislative History & Text
  • NPCSC deliberation – round #3 (final): Oct. 22–26, 2018 (Current Text ⇧)
  • NPCSC deliberation – round #2: June 19–22, 2018 (Chinese, English) 💬
    • Public consultation: June 29–July 28, 2018
  • NPCSC deliberation – round #1: Aug. 28–Sept. 1, 2017 (Chinese, English) 💬
    • Public consultation: Sept. 4–Oct. 3, 2017
• Legislative Records
  • Explanation (Aug. 28, 2017)
  • Report on Status of Revision (June 19, 2018)
  • Report on Results of Deliberation (Oct. 22, 2018)
  • Report on Suggestions for Revision (Oct. 26, 2018)
  • Presidential Order (Oct. 26, 2018)
• Press Conference: NPCSC General Office (Oct. 26, 2018)

NPC Observer Coverage

• NPCSC Amends Criminal Procedure Law, Overhauls Judicial System Organic Laws, Loosens Stock Buyback Restrictions & Designates SPC as National IP Appeals Court (Oct. 28, 2018)
• NPC Standing Committee Releases 2018 Legislative Plan (Apr. 27, 2018)
• 29th Session Watch Pt. 1: NPCSC to Consider Revisions of Laws Organizing China’s Judicial System (Aug. 18, 2017)
• NPC Standing Committee Schedules Major Legislation for 2017 (May 3, 2017)

Relevant Law ›

PRC Judges Law
中华人民共和国法官法
(as revised Apr. 23, 2019, effective Oct. 1, 2019)

Last updated: August 5, 2025, 01:54 EDT