NPC Calendar: January 2023

The following laws take effect on January 1:

• revised Sports Law [体育法] (adopted on June 24, 2022);
• revised Agricultural Products Quality and Safety Law [农产品质量安全法] (adopted on Sept. 2, 2022); and
• revised Women’s Rights and Interests Protection Law [妇女权益保障法] (adopted on Oct. 30, 2022).

The NPC Standing Committee (NPCSC) is soliciting public comment on the following bills through January 28:

• draft amendment to the Legislation Law [立法法];
• draft revision to the Company Law [公司法];
• draft revision to the Counterespionage Law [反间谍法];
• draft Qinghai–Tibet Plateau Ecological Conservation Law [青藏高原生态保护法];
• draft Marine Environmental Protection Law [海洋环境保护法]
• draft Rural Collective Economic Organizations Law [农村集体经济组织法];
• draft revision to the Charity Law [慈善法];
• draft Value-Added Tax Law [增值税法];
• draft Financial Stability Law [金融稳定法]
• draft Foreign Sovereign Immunity Law [外国国家豁免法];
• draft amendment to the Civil Procedure Law [民事讼诉法];
• draft amendment to the Administrative Litigation Law [行政诉讼法]; and
• draft Foreign Relations Law [对外关系法].

In accordance with a March 2022 NPC decision (discussed here), the roughly 3,000 delegates to the 14^th NPC will be elected by the end of this month.

The 13^th NPCSC will convene for its final regularly scheduled session in late February.