NPC Standing Committee Rules of Procedure

Editor’s Note: For an analysis of the provision in the amendment allowing for the temporary withholding of agenda items from the public, please see this article in The Diplomat.

Rules of Procedure of the Standing Committee 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常务委员会议事规则

[Current Text: Chinese only]

(adopted and effective Nov. 24, 1987; amended and effective Apr. 24, 2009; amended June 24, 2022, effective June 25, 2022)

• Status: Amendment passed
• Legislative Body (Vote): NPCSC (N/A)
• Drafter: NPCSC Legislative Affairs Commission; Submitter: Council of Chairpersons
• Legislative Plans
  • Five-year: 9^th NPCSC Category I; 10^th NPCSC Category I; 13^th NPCSC Category I
  • Annual: 2020 (preparatory), 2021, 2022
• Legislative History & Texts
  • NPCSC deliberation – 2^nd (final) round: June 2022 (Chinese only · Δ)
  • NPCSC deliberation – 1^st round: December 2021 (Chinese Δ, $ English)
• Legislative Records
  • Explanation (Dec. 24, 2021)
  • Report on Results of Deliberation (June 21, 2022)
  • Report on Suggestions for Revision (June 23, 2022)
  • Presidential Order (June 24, 2022)
• Press Conference: N/A

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