Legal Aid Law

Legal Aid Law of the People’s Republic of China
中华人民共和国法律援助法

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

(adopted Aug. 20, 2021, effective Jan. 1, 2022)

• Status: Passed
• Legislative Body (Vote): NPCSC (N/A)
• Drafter & Submitter: NPC Supervisory and Judicial Affairs Committee
• Legislative Plans
  • Five-year: 13^th NPCSC Category II
  • Annual: 2020, 2021
• Legislative History & Texts
  • NPCSC deliberation – 3^rd (final) round: August 2021 (Chinese | English: NPC; $ China Law Translate)
  • NPCSC deliberation – 2^nd round: June 2021 (Chinese, $ English)
  • NPCSC deliberation – 1^st round: January 2021 (Chinese, $ English)
• Legislative Records
  • Explanation (Jan. 20, 2021)
  • Report on Status of Revision (June 7, 2021)
  • Report on Results of Deliberation (Aug. 17, 2021)
  • Report on Suggestions for Revision (Aug. 19, 2021)
  • Presidential Order (Aug. 29, 2021)
• Press Conference: N/A

NPC Observer Coverage

• NPCSC Codifies Three-Child Policy, Expands Legal Aid & Updates Military Service Law and Physicians Law (Aug. 24, 2021)
• NPCSC Session Watch: Three-Child Policy, Data Privacy, Innovation Policy, Court Reform & New National Law in Hong Kong & Macau (July 28, 2021)
• NPCSC Seeks Public Comments on Draft Legal Aid Law, Physicians Law, Vocational Education Law Revision & Audit Law Amendment (June 10, 2021)
• NPCSC Seeks Public Comments on Draft Legal Aid Law, Wetlands Protection Law, Family Education Law, Education Law Amendment, Workplace Safety Law Amendment & Two Other Bills (Jan. 27, 2021)
• NPCSC Session Watch: Public Health, Coast Guard, Legal Aid, Wetlands Protection, Education & Workplace Safety (Jan. 12, 2021)