Cultivated Land Protection and Quality Improvement Law

Law of the People’s Republic of China on Protecting and Improving the Quality of Cultivated Land
中华人民共和国耕地保护和质量提升法

[Current Text: not yet enacted]

• Status: Pending
• Legislative Body (Vote): NPCSC (TBD)
• Principal Drafters: Ministry of Natural Resources & Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs
• Submitter: State Council
• Legislative Plans
  • Five-year: 14^th NPCSC Category I
  • Annual: 2022 (backup), 2023 (backup), 2024 (backup), 2025
• Legislative History & Text
  • NPCSC deliberation – round #3 (expected final): expected by end of 2026
  • NPCSC deliberation – round #2: Apr. 27–30, 2026 (Chinese only) 💬
    • 🔔 Public consultation: Apr. 30–May 29, 2026
  • NPCSC deliberation – round #1: Oct. 24–28, 2025 (Chinese only) 💬
    • Public consultation: Oct. 28–Nov. 26, 2025
  • State Council public consultation: Sept. 5 – Oct. 5, 2022 (Chinese only)
• Legislative Records
  • Explanation (Oct. 24, 2025)
  • Report on Status of Revision (Apr. 27, 2026)
  • Report on Results of Deliberation (pending)
  • Report on Suggestions for Revision (pending)
  • Presidential Order (pending)

NPC Observer Coverage

• NPCSC Session Watch: Procuratorate-Initiated Public Interest Litigation, Community Governance, Cybersecurity, Arable Land Protection & Environmental Code (Oct. 15, 2025)

Last updated: April 30, 2026, 01:33 EDT