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Annotated Translation: 2018 Amendment to the PRC Constitution (Version 2.0)

Article-by-article explanations of the 2018 amendment to China’s Constitution

Constitution of the People’s Republic of China
中华人民共和国宪法

[Current Text: Chinese | English › NPC; NPC Observer | Français | Русский]

(adopted and effective Dec. 4, 1982; amended and effective Apr. 12, 1988; amended and effective Mar. 29, 1993; amended and effective Mar. 15, 1999; amended and effective Mar. 14, 2004; amended and effective Mar. 11, 2018)

• Status: Amendment passed
• Legislative Body (Vote): NPC (2958–2–3)
• Principal Drafter: ☭ Small Group on Constitutional Amendment
• Submitter: NPCSC
• Legislative Plans
  • Five-year: 13^th NPCSC Category I
  • Annual: 2018
• Legislative History & Text
  • NPC deliberation: Mar. 5 – 11, 2018 (Chinese | English › NPC; NPC Observer)
  • NPCSC deliberation: Jan. 29 – 30, 2018 (text N/A)
  • ☭ Central Committee deliberation: Jan. 18 – 19, 2018 (Chinese & English)
• Legislative Records
  • Explanation (Mar. 5, 2018)
  • Report on Deliberations (Mar. 8, 2018)
  • Report on Deliberations (Mar. 10, 2018)
  • NPC Public Announcement (Mar. 11, 2018)
• Press Conference: NPC Session Secretariat (Mar. 11, 2018)

NPC Observer Coverage

• Annotated Translation: 2018 Amendment to the PRC Constitution (Version 2.0) (Feb. 7, 2019)
• Translation: Communist Party’s Proposals for Amending the P.R.C. Constitution (2018) (Feb. 25, 2018)
• NPCSC to Convene Special Session to Consider Draft Constitutional Amendment (Jan. 22, 2018)
• Explainer: China to Amend the Constitution for the Fifth Time (Dec. 27, 2017)

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