NPC Standing Committee Rules of Procedure

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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, $ English]

(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)
• Principal 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)

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Organic Law of the P.R.C. National People’s Congress (as amended on Mar. 11, 2021)

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Rules of Procedure of the P.R.C. National People’s Congress (as amended on Mar. 11, 2021)