Civil Procedure Law

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 passed
• Legislative Body (Vote): NPCSC (N/A)
• Drafter & Submitter: Supreme People’s Court
• Legislative Plans
  • Five-year: N/A
  • Annual: N/A
• Legislative History & Texts
  • NPCSC deliberation – 2^nd (final) round: December 2021 (Chinese only)
  • NPCSC deliberation – 1^st round: October 2021 (Chinese, $ English)
• 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)
• Press Conference: N/A

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