Juvenile Delinquency Prevention Law

Law of the People’s Republic of China on the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency
中华人民共和国预防未成年人犯罪法

[Current Text: Chinese | English (NPC; $ China Law Translate)]

(adopted June 28, 1999, effective Nov. 1, 1999; amended Oct. 26, 2012, effective Jan. 1, 2013; revised Dec. 26, 2020, effective June 1, 2021)

• Status: Revision passed
• Legislative Body (Vote): NPCSC (N/A)
• Drafter & Submitter: NPC Social Development Affairs Committee
• Legislative Plans
  • Five-year: 13^th NPCSC Category I
  • Annual: 2019, 2020
• Legislative History & Texts
  • NPCSC deliberation – 3^rd (final) round: December 2020 (Chinese | English: NPC; $ China Law Translate)
  • NPCSC deliberation – 2^nd round: August 2020 (Chinese, $ English)
  • NPCSC deliberation – 1^st round: October 2019 (Chinese, $ English)
• Legislative Records
  • Explanation (Oct. 21, 2019)
  • Report on Status of Revision (Aug. 8, 2020)
  • Report on Results of Deliberation (Dec. 22, 2020)
  • Report on Suggestions for Revision (Dec. 25, 2020)
  • Presidential Order (Dec. 26, 2020)
• Press Conference: N/A

NPC Observer Coverage

• NPCSC Passes New Criminal Law Amendment, Revises National Defense Law & Juvenile Delinquency Prevention Law & Establishes Hainan IP Court (Dec. 28, 2020)
• NPCSC Seeks Public Comments on Draft Copyright Law Amendment, National Flag & Emblem Laws Amendments, NPC Organizational & Procedural Rules Amendments & Two Other Bills (Aug. 16, 2020)
• NPCSC Solicits Public Comments on Civil Code Marriage Part, Draft Community Corrections Law, Draft Revisions to Child Protection Laws & Two Other Bills (Oct. 31, 2019)