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China Law Translate › What China’s National Intelligence Law Says, and Why It Doesn’t Matter
By Jeremy Daum, Senior Fellow at the Paul Tsai China Center, Yale Law School
National Intelligence Law of the People’s Republic of China
中华人民共和国国家情报法
[Current Text: Chinese, English]
(adopted June 27, 2017, effective June 28, 2017; amended and effective Apr. 27, 2018)
- Status: Passed
- Legislative Body (Vote): NPCSC (N/A)
- Principal Drafter: Ministry of State Security
- Submitter: State Council
- Legislative Plans
- Five-year: N/A
- Annual: 2017
- Legislative History & Text
- NPCSC deliberation – round #2: June 22–27, 2017 (Chinese only)
- NPCSC deliberation – round #1: Dec. 19–25, 2016 (Chinese | English › CC&M; CLT) 💬
- Legislative Records [Gazette 2017(4): 474–481]
- Explanation (Dec. 19, 2016) (English)
- Report on Results of Deliberation (June 22, 2017)
- Report on Suggestions for Revision (June 27, 2017)
- Presidential Order (June 27, 2017)
NPC Observer Coverage
- 28th Session Watch Pt. 2: NPCSC Passes New Intelligence Law, Amends Clean Water Law, and Empowers Procuratorates to File Public Interest Lawsuits (June 28, 2017)
- 25th Session Watch Pt. 2: NPCSC Reviewing a Draft National Intelligence Law—in Secrecy (Dec. 23, 2016)
Last updated: August 12, 2025, 01:28 EDT