Rural Land Contracting Law of the People’s Republic of China
中华人民共和国农村土地承包法
[Current Text: Chinese only]
(adopted Aug. 28, 2002, effective Mar. 1, 2003; amended and effective Aug. 27, 2009; amended Dec. 29, 2018, effective Jan. 1, 2019)
- Status: Amendment passed
- Legislative Body (Vote): NPCSC (170–1–0)
- Principal Drafter & Submitter: NPC Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee
- Legislative Plans
- Five-year: 12th NPCSC Category I; 13th NPCSC Category I
- Annual: 2015 (preparatory), 2017 (preparatory), 2018
- Texts & Legislative History
- NPCSC deliberation – 3rd (final) round: December 2018 (Chinese only)
- NPCSC deliberation – 2nd round: October 2018 (Chinese only)
- NPCSC deliberation – 1st round: October 2017 (Chinese only)
- Legislative Records
- Explanation (Oct. 31, 2017)
- Report on Status of Revision (Oct. 22, 2018)
- Report on Results of Deliberation (Dec. 23, 2018)
- Report on Suggestions for Revision (Dec. 29, 2018)
- Presidential Order (Dec. 29, 2018)
- Press Conference: December 29, 2019
NPC Observer Coverage
- NPCSC Takes No Further Action on Foreign Investment Law (for Now), Adopts Two Tax Laws & Codifies Civil Service Reform (Dec. 30, 2018)
- NPCSC Solicits Public Comments on Draft Revision to Civil Servants Law and Three Other Bills (Nov. 1, 2018)
- NPC Standing Committee Releases 2018 Legislative Plan (Apr. 27, 2018)
- NPCSC Solicits Public Opinions on Draft E-Commerce Law, Amendment to Rural Land Contract Law & Vessel Tonnage Tax Law (Nov. 7, 2017)
- NPCSC to Consider New Criminal Law Amendment, Apply National Anthem Law to SARs & Hear Judicial Reform Reports (Oct. 20, 2017)