Final update: February 25, 2023
Editor’s Note: We will no longer update this page now that the 13th NPC’s term has ended. Click here for the 14th NPC’s legislation.
- This page is based on the 13th NPC Standing Committee’s five-year legislative plan (“Five-Year Plan”) and its special public health legislative plan (“Special Plan”).
- Three types of legislative projects are listed in the tables below:
- all numbered projects in the two Plans (i.e., Categories I and II projects in the Five-Year Plan, and Category I projects in the Special Plan);
- any Category III project in the Five-Year Plan that has been submitted for review; and
- any other important bill approved by the 13th NPC or its Standing Committee, including all bills passed after two or more reviews (“unlisted projects”).
- All legislative projects are organized into two groups: “new laws” and “amendments & revisions.” Within each group, Category I, Category II, Category III, and unlisted projects form separate subgroups. Category I projects in the two Plans are not listed separately, but are given separate notations.
- Within each subgroup, completed projects (▲) are listed first, followed by projects pending by end of the term (▲) and then projects that were not submitted for deliberation during the term. Projects on which the State Council has solicited public comments are each marked with a blue triangle (▲).
- We have created a bill page for each completed and pending project. On the bill pages, votes are listed in the order of yea – abstention – nay.
New Laws
† Five-Year Plan project that is also a Category I project in the Special Plan
Category I Projects
Category II Projects
| ▲ | Supervision Officials Law | 监察官法 |
| ▲ | Futures and Derivatives Law | 期货和衍生品法 |
| ▲ | Rural Revitalization Promotion Law | 乡村振兴促进法 |
| ▲ | Veterans Protection Law | 退役军人保障法 |
| ▲ | Legal Aid Law | 法律援助法 |
| ▲ | Civil Compulsory Enforcement Law | 民事强制执行法 |
| Basic Law of the Sea | 海洋基本法 | |
| ▲ | Detention Center Law | 看守所法 |
| Territorial Space Development and Protection Law | 国土空间开发保护法 | |
| ▲ | Energy Law | 能源法 |
| Telecommunications Law | 电信法 | |
| ▲ | National Parks Law | 国家公园法 |
| Space Law | 航天法 | |
| Aviation Law | 航空法 |
Category III Projects
| ▲ | Biosecurity Law | 生物安全法† |
| ▲ | Family Education Promotion Law | 家庭教育促进法 |
| ▲ | Land Borders Law | 陆地国界法 |
| ▲ | Wetlands Protection Law | 湿地保护法 |
| ▲ | Rural Collective Economic Organizations Law | 农村集体经济组织法 |
Unlisted Projects
Amendments & Revisions
* Method of modification not yet known
† Five-Year Plan project that is also a Category I project in the Special Plan
‡ Added by the Special Plan
Category I Projects
Category II Projects
Unlisted Projects
| ▲ | National Flag Law (Amendment) | 国旗法（修正） |
| ▲ | National Emblem Law (Amendment) | 国徽法（修正） |
| ▲ | National Defense Law (Revision) | 国防法（修订） |
| ▲ | Hong Kong SAR Basic Law Annex I (Revision) | 香港特别行政区基本法附件一（修订） |
| ▲ | Hong Kong SAR Basic Law Annex II (Revision) | 香港特别行政区基本法附件二（修订） |
| ▲ | Education Law (Amendment) | 教育法（修正） |
| ▲ | Military Facilities Protection Law (Revision) | 军事设施保护法（修订） |
| ▲ | Population and Family Planning Law (Amendment) | 人口与计划生育法（修正） |
| ▲ | Seed Law (Amendment) | 种子法（修正） |
| ▲ | Civil Procedure Law (Amendment) | 民事诉讼法（修正） |
| ▲ | Trade Unions Law (Amendment) | 工会法（修正） |
| ▲ | Women’s Rights and Interests Protection Law (Revision) | 妇女权益保障法（修订） |
| ▲ | Counterespionage Law (Revision) | 反间谍法（修订） |
| ▲ | Legislation Law (Amendment) | 立法法（修正） |
| ▲ | Marine Environmental Protection Law (Revision) | 海洋环境保护法（修订） |
| ▲ | Charity Law (Revision) | 慈善法（修订） |
| ▲ | Administrative Litigation Law (Amendment) | 行政诉讼法（修正） |