Rural Land Contracting Law

Rural Land Contracting Law of the People’s Republic of China
中华人民共和国农村土地承包法

[Current Text: Chinese only]

(adopted Aug. 28, 2002, effective Mar. 1, 2003; amended and effective Aug. 27, 2009; amended Dec. 29, 2018, effective Jan. 1, 2019)

• Status: Amendment passed
• Legislative Body (Vote): NPCSC (170–0–1)
• Principal Drafter & Submitter: NPC Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee
• Legislative Plans
  • Five-year: 12^th NPCSC Category I; 13^th NPCSC Category I
  • Annual: 2015 (backup), 2017 (backup), 2018
• Legislative History & Text
  • NPCSC deliberation – round # (final): Dec. 23–29, 2018 (Chinese only)
  • NPCSC deliberation – round #2: Oct. 22–26. 2018 (Chinese only) 💬
    • Public consultation: Nov. 1–Dec. 1, 2018
  • NPCSC deliberation – round #1: Oct. 30–Nov. 4, 2017 (Chinese only 🆚) 💬
    • Public consultation: Nov. 7–Dec. 6, 2017
• Legislative Records
  • Explanation (Oct. 31, 2017)
  • Report on Status of Revision (Oct. 22, 2018)
  • Report on Results of Deliberation (Dec. 23, 2018)
  • Report on Suggestions for Revision (Dec. 29, 2018)
  • Presidential Order (Dec. 29, 2018)
• Press Conference: NPCSC General Office (Dec. 29, 2019)

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Last updated: August 8, 2025, 01:04 EDT