Company Law

Company Law of the People’s Republic of China
中华人民共和国公司法

[Current Text: Chinese, English]

(adopted Dec. 29, 1993, effective July 1, 1994; amended and effective Dec. 25, 1999; amended and effective Aug. 28, 2004; revised Oct. 27, 2005, effective Jan. 1, 2006; amended Dec. 28, 2013, effective Mar. 1, 2014; amended and effective Oct. 26, 2018)

• Status: Revision pending
• Legislative Body (Vote): NPCSC (TBD)
• Principal Drafter: NPCSC Legislative Affairs Commission
• Submitter: Council of Chairpersons
• Legislative Plans
  • Five-year: 13^th NPCSC Category II; 14^th NPCSC Category I
  • Annual: 2021, 2022, 2023
• Legislative History & Text
  • NPCSC deliberation – 4^th (expected final) round: likely by end of 2023
  • NPCSC deliberation – 3^rd round: Aug. 28 – Sept. 1, 2023 (Chinese only) 💬
    Public consultation: Sept. 1 – 30, 2023
  • NPCSC deliberation – 2^nd round: Dec. 27 – 30, 2022 (Chinese only) 💬
    Public consultation: Dec. 30, 2022 – Jan. 28, 2023
  • NPCSC deliberation – 1^st round: Dec. 20 – 24, 2021 (Chinese only Δ) 💬
    Public consultation: Dec. 24, 2021 – Jan. 22, 2022
• Legislative Records
  • Explanation (Dec. 20, 2021)
  • Report on Status of Revision (Dec. 27, 2022)
  • Report on Status of Revision (Aug. 28, 2023)
  • Report on Results of Deliberation (pending)
  • Report on Suggestions for Revision (pending)
  • Presidential Order (pending)