Qinghai–Tibet Plateau Ecological Conservation Law

Law of the People’s Republic of China on Ecological Conservation on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau
中华人民共和国青藏高原生态保护法

[Current Text: Chinese only]

(adopted Apr. 26, 2023, effective Sept. 1, 2023)

• Status: Passed
• Legislative Body (Vote): NPCSC (N/A)
• Principal Drafter & Submitter: NPC Environmental Protection and Resources Conservation Committee
• Legislative Plans
  • Five-year: 14^th NPCSC Category I
  • Annual: 2022, 2023
• Legislative History & Text
  • NPCSC deliberation – 3^rd (final) round: Apr. 24 – 26, 2023 (Current Text ⇧)
  • NPCSC deliberation – 2^nd round: Dec. 27 – 30, 2022 (Chinese only) 💬
    Public consultation: Dec. 30, 2022 – Jan. 28, 2023
  • NPCSC deliberation – 1^st round: Aug. 30 – Sept. 2, 2022 (Chinese only) 💬
    Public consultation: Sept. 2 – Oct. 1, 2022
• Legislative Records
  • Explanation (Aug. 30, 2022)
  • Report on Status of Revision (Dec. 27, 2022)
  • Report on Results of Deliberation (Apr. 24, 2023)
  • Report on Suggestions for Revision (Apr. 25, 2023)
  • Presidential Order (Apr. 26, 2023)

NPC Observer Coverage

• NPCSC Session Watch: Telecom Fraud, Wildlife Protection, Ecological Conservation of the Tibetan Plateau & Counterespionage (July 29, 2022)