Academic Degrees Regulations

Academic Degrees Regulations of the People’s Republic of China
中华人民共和国学位条例

[Current Text: Chinese, English]

(adopted Feb. 12, 1980, effective Jan. 1, 1981; amended and effective Aug. 28, 2004)

• Status: Revision pending
• Proposed New Title: Academic Degrees Law [学位法]
• Legislative Body (Vote): NPCSC (TBD)
• Principal Drafter: Ministry of Education
• Submitter: State Council
• Legislative Plans
  • Five-year: 9^th NPCSC Category I; 13^th NPCSC Category II; 14^th NPCSC Category I
  • Annual: 2022, 2023
• Legislative History & Text
  • NPCSC deliberation – 1^st round: Aug. 28 – Sept. 1, 2023 (Chinese only) 💬
    Public consultation: Sept. 1 – 30, 2023
  • State Council public consultation: Mar. 15 – Apr. 15, 2021 (Chinese only)
• Legislative Records
  • Explanation (Aug. 28, 2023)
  • Report on Status of Revision (pending)
  • Report on Results of Deliberation (pending)
  • Report on Suggestions for Revision (pending)
  • Presidential Order (pending)

NPC Observer Coverage

• NPCSC Session Watch: Administrative Reconsideration, Foreign-Related Litigation, Public Security Offenses & Education (Aug. 21, 2023)