Constitution of the People’s Republic of China
中华人民共和国宪法
[Current Text: Chinese | English › NPC; NPC Observer]
(adopted and effective Dec. 4, 1982; amended and effective Apr. 12, 1988; amended and effective Mar. 29, 1993; amended and effective Mar. 15, 1999; amended and effective Mar. 14, 2004; amended and effective Mar. 11, 2018)
- Status: Amendment passed
- Legislative Body (Vote): NPC (2958–3–2)
- Principal Drafter: ☭ Small Group on Constitutional Amendment
- Submitter: NPCSC
- Legislative Plans
- Five-year: 13th NPCSC Category I
- Annual: 2018
- Legislative History & Texts
- NPC deliberation: March 2018 (Chinese & English)
- NPCSC deliberation: January 2018 (draft N/A)
- CPC Central Committee plenum deliberation: January 2018 (Chinese & English)
- Legislative Records
- Explanation (Mar. 5, 2018)
- Report on Deliberations (Mar. 8, 2018)
- NPC Public Announcement (Mar. 11, 2018)
- Press Conference: March 11, 2018
NPC Observer Coverage
- Annotated Translation: 2018 Amendment to the P.R.C. Constitution (Version 2.0) (Mar. 11, 2018)
- Translation: Communist Party’s Proposals for Amending the P.R.C. Constitution (2018) (Feb. 25, 2018)
- NPCSC to Convene Special Session to Consider Draft Constitutional Amendment (Jan. 22, 2018)
- Explainer: China to Amend the Constitution for the Fifth Time (Dec. 27, 2017)