National Defense Law of the People’s Republic of China
中华人民共和国国防法
[Current Text: Chinese, English]
(adopted and effective Mar. 14, 1997; amended and effective Aug. 27, 2009; revised Dec. 26, 2020, effective Jan. 1, 2021)
- Status: Revision passed
- Legislative Body (Vote): NPCSC (N/A)
- Principal Drafters: CMC General Office & CMC Office for Reform and Organizational Structure
- Submitters: State Council & Central Military Commission
- Legislative Plans
- Five-year: N/A
- Annual: N/A
- Legislative History & Texts
- NPCSC deliberation – 2nd (final) round: December 2020 (Current Text ⇧)
- NPCSC deliberation – 1st round: October 2020 (Chinese only)
- Legislative Records
- Explanation (Oct. 13, 2020)
- Report on Results of Deliberation (Dec. 22, 2020)
- Report on Suggestions for Revision (Dec. 25, 2020)
- Presidential Order (Dec. 26, 2020)
NPC Observer Coverage
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- NPCSC Seeks Public Comments on Draft Personal Information Protection Law, Criminal Law Amendment, Wildlife Protection Law Revision, National Defense Law Revision & Two Other Bills (Oct. 21, 2020)
- NPCSC Session Watch: Patent, Export Control, Personal Information Protection, Wildlife Protection & National Defense (Sept. 29, 2020)