Civil Procedure Law of the People’s Republic of China
中华人民共和国民事诉讼法
[Current Text: Chinese only]
(adopted and effective Apr. 9, 1991; amended Oct. 28, 2007, effective Apr. 1, 2008; amended Aug. 31, 2012, effective Jan. 1, 2013; amended June 27, 2017, effective July 1, 2017; amended Dec. 24, 2021, effective Jan. 1, 2022)
- Status: Amendment planned
- Legislative Body (Vote): NPCSC (TBD)
- Principal Drafter & Submitter: Supreme People’s Court
- Legislative Plans
- Five-year: N/A
- Annual: 2022
- Legislative History & Texts
- NPCSC deliberation – 1st round: planned for 2022
- Legislative Records
- Explanation (pending)
- Report on Status of Revision (pending)
- Report on Results of Deliberation (pending)
- Report on Suggestions for Revision (pending)
- Presidential Order (pending)
NPC Observer Coverage
- N/A
PRIOR BILL: 2021 Amendment (click to show or hide)
- Status: Amendment passed
- Legislative Body (Vote): NPCSC (N/A)
- Principal Drafter & Submitter: Supreme People’s Court
- Legislative Plans
- Five-year: N/A
- Annual: N/A
- Legislative History & Texts
- NPCSC deliberation – 2nd (final) round: Dec. 20 – 24, 2021 (Chinese only)
- NPCSC deliberation – 1st round: Oct. 19 – 23, 2021 (Chinese, $ English) 💬
- Public consultation: Oct. 23 – Nov. 21, 2021
- Legislative Records
- Explanation (Oct. 19, 2021)
- Report on Results of Deliberation (Dec. 20, 2021)
- Report on Suggestions for Revision (Dec. 24, 2021)
- Presidential Order (Dec. 24, 2021)