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
- Initial Submitter: Council of Chairpersons
- Legislative Plans
- Five-year: 9th NPCSC Category I; 13th NPCSC Category I
- Annual: 2020, 2021
- Legislative History & Text
- NPC deliberation – final round: March 2021 (Chinese only)
- NPCSC deliberation – 2nd round: December 2020 (Chinese only)
- NPCSC deliberation – 1st round: August 2020 (Chinese only)
- Legislative Records
- NPCSC Stage
- Explanation (Aug. 8, 2020)
- Report on Status of Revision (Dec. 22, 2020)
- NPC Stage [Gazette 2021(3): 398–405]
- 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)
- NPCSC Stage
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)
