Law on the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases

FEATURED COVERAGE

COVID-19 and China’s Newly Revised Infectious Diseases Law

The revision improves interagency coordination and disease reporting, expands local government authority, limits use of severest restrictions, and penalizes noncompliance with epidemic-control measures.

Law of the People’s Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases
中华人民共和国传染病防治法

[Current Text: Chinese only]

(adopted Feb. 21, 1989, effective Sept. 1, 1989; revised Aug. 28, 2004, effective Dec. 1, 2004; amended and effective June 29, 2013; revised Apr. 30, 2025, effective Sept. 1, 2025)

• Status: Revision passed
• Legislative Body (Vote): NPCSC (N/A)
• Principal Drafter: National Health Commission & National Disease Control and Prevention Administration
• Submitter: State Council
• Legislative Plans
  • Five-year: 14^th NPCSC Category I
  • Special: Public Health Category I
  • Annual: 2013, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
• Legislative History & Text
  • NPCSC deliberation – round #3 (final): Apr. 27 – 30, 2025 (Current Text ⇧)
  • NPCSC deliberation – round #2: Sept. 10 – 13, 2024 (Chinese only) 💬
    • Public consultation: Sept. 13 – Oct. 12, 2024
  • NPCSC deliberation – round #1: Oct. 20 – 24, 2023 (Chinese only Δ) 💬
    • Public consultation: Oct. 25 – Nov. 23, 2023
  • State Council public consultation: Oct. 2 – 15, 2020 (Chinese only)
• Legislative Records
  • Explanation (Oct. 20, 2023)
  • Report on Status of Revision (Sept. 10, 2024)
  • Report on Results of Deliberation (Apr. 27, 2025)
  • Report on Suggestions for Revision (Apr. 29, 2025)
  • Presidential Order (Apr. 30, 2025)

NPC Observer Coverage

• 📰 April 2025: COVID-19 and China’s Newly Revised Infectious Diseases Law (May 22, 2025)
• 📰 NPC Observer Monthly: October 2023 (Nov. 2, 2023)
• NPCSC Session Watch: Patriotic Education, State Council’s Governing Statute, State Secrets, Defense Minister Replacement & Legislative Aftermath of Covid-19 (Oct. 16, 2023)
• Translation: NPCSC’s New Public Health Legislative Plan in Response to COVID-19 (Apr. 29, 2020)

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Last updated: September 12, 2025, 22:46 EDT