Here is our recap of NPC-related events in May 2025 at our monthly newsletter.
The Rural Collective Economic Organizations Law [农村集体经济组织法] (adopted on June 28, 2024) and the decision of the NPC Standing Committee (NPCSC) authorizing the State Council to temporarily modify a provision of the Seed Law [种子法] in the Xinjiang Pilot Free Trade Zone (adopted on Apr. 30, 2025) take effect on May 1.
The Private Economy Promotion Law [民营经济促进法] (adopted on April 30, 2025) takes effect on May 20.
The NPCSC is seeking public comment on the following bills through May 29:
- draft Atomic Energy Law [原子能法];
- draft revision to the Arbitration Law [仲裁法];
- draft Law on National Development Plans [国家发展规划法]; and
- draft revision to the Prisons Law [监狱法].
It is also seeking public comment on a draft Ecological and Environmental Code [生态环境法典] through June 13, 2025.
The NPCSC is expected to release its 2025 work priorities as well as 2025 plans for legislative, oversight, and delegates-related work sometime this month.
It will convene for its next regularly scheduled session in late June.