Criminal Law

Criminal Law of the People’s Republic of China
中华人民共和国刑法

[Available Text: Chinese (current) | English (v. 2020)]

(adopted July 1, 1979, effective Jan. 1, 1980; revised Mar. 14, 1997, effective Oct. 1, 1997; amended and effective Dec. 29, 1998; amended and effective Dec. 25, 1999; amended and effective Aug. 31, 2001; amended and effective Dec. 29, 2001; amended and effective Dec. 28, 2002; amended and effective Feb. 28, 2005; amended and effective June 29, 2006; amended and effective Aug. 27, 2009; amended Feb. 25, 2011, effective May 1, 2011; amended Aug. 29, 2015, effective Nov. 1, 2015; amended and effective Nov. 4, 2017; amended Dec. 26, 2020, effective Mar. 1, 2021; amended Dec. 29, 2023, effective Mar. 1, 2024)

RELEVANT BILLS ›

PRC Criminal Law Amendment (XII)

中华人民共和国刑法修正案（十二）
(adopted Dec. 29, 2023, effective Mar. 1, 2024)

PRC Criminal Law Amendment (XI)

中华人民共和国刑法修正案（十一）
(adopted Dec. 26, 2020, effective Mar. 1, 2021)

PRC Criminal Law Amendment (X)

中华人民共和国刑法修正案（十）
(adopted and effective Nov. 4, 2017)

PRC Criminal Law Amendment (IX)

中华人民共和国刑法修正案（九）
(adopted Aug. 29, 2015, effective Nov. 1, 2015)

Last updated: August 26, 2025, 21:50 EDT