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Foreign State Immunity Law of the People’s Republic of China
中华人民共和国外国国家豁免法
[Current Text: not yet enacted]
- Status: Pending
- Legislative Body (Vote): NPCSC (TBD)
- Principal Drafters: Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Supreme People’s Court
- Submitter: State Council
- Legislative Plans
- Five-year: N/A
- Annual: 2023
- Legislative History & Text
- NPCSC deliberation – 2nd round: planned for August 2023
- NPCSC deliberation – 1st round: Dec. 27 – 30, 2022 (Chinese, $ English) 💬
- Public consultation: Dec. 30, 2022 – Jan. 28, 2023
- Legislative Records
- Explanation (Dec. 27, 2022)
- Report on Status of Revision (pending)
- Report on Results of Deliberation (pending)
- Report on Suggestions for Revision (pending)
- Presidential Order (pending)