NPC Rules of Procedure

Rules of Procedure of the National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China
中华人民共和国全国人民代表大会议事规则

[Current Text: Chinese, English]

(adopted and effective Apr. 4, 1989; amended Mar. 11, 2021, effective Mar. 12, 2021)

• Status: Amendment passed
• Legislative Body (Vote): NPC (2895–1–0)
• Principal Drafter: NPCSC Legislative Affairs Commission
• Submitters: Council of Chairpersons (to NPCSC) & NPCSC (to NPC)
• Legislative Plans
  • Five-year: 9^th NPCSC Category I; 13^th NPCSC Category I
  • Annual: 2020, 2021
• Legislative History & Texts
  • NPC deliberation – final round: March 2021 (Chinese only)
  • NPCSC deliberation– 2^nd round: December 2020 (Chinese only)
  • NPCSC deliberation – 1^st round: August 2020 (Chinese only)
• Legislative Records
  • NPCSC Stage
    • Explanation (Aug. 8, 2020)
    • Report on Status of Revision (Dec. 22, 2020)
  • NPC Stage
    • Explanation (Mar. 5, 2021)
    • Report on Results of Deliberation (Mar. 9, 2021)
    • Report on Suggestions for Revision (Mar. 10, 2021)
    • Presidential Order (Mar. 11, 2021)

NPC Observer Coverage

• 2021 NPC Session: Dissecting the Amendments to the NPC’s Two Governing Laws (Mar. 2, 2021)
• NPCSC Seeks Public Comments on Draft Amendments to NPC Organic & Procedural Rules, Maritime Traffic Law Revision, Anti–Organized Crime Law, Anti–Food Waste Law, Two Military Bills & Two Other Bills (Dec. 31, 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 (Early) Session Watch: Copyright, NPC Modernization & National Flag/Emblem (July 29, 2020)

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