Scientific and Technological Progress Law of the People’s Republic of China
中华人民共和国科学技术进步法
[Current Text: Chinese, English]
(adopted July 2, 1993, effective Oct. 1, 1993; revised Dec. 29, 2007, effective July 1, 2008; revised Dec. 24, 2021, effective Jan. 1, 2022)
- Status: Revision passed
- Legislative Body (Vote): NPCSC (N/A)
- Principal Drafter & Submitter: NPC Education, Science, Culture, and Public Health Committee
- Legislative Plans
- Five-year: 13th NPCSC Category II
- Special: Public Health Category I
- Annual: 2020 (preparatory), 2021
- Legislative History & Texts
- NPCSC deliberation – 2nd (final) round: December 2021 (Current Text ⇧)
- NPCSC deliberation – 1st round: August 2021 (Chinese only)
- Legislative Records
- Explanation (Aug. 17, 2021)
- Report on Results of Deliberation (Dec. 20, 2021)
- Report on Suggestions for Revision (Dec. 24, 2021)
- Presidential Order (Dec. 24, 2021)
NPC Observer Coverage
- NPCSC Enacts Legislation to Improve Plant Variety Protections, Curb Noise Pollution, Protect Wetlands & Strengthen Legislative Oversight of the Economy (Dec. 29, 2021)
- NPCSC Session Watch: Three-Child Policy, Data Privacy, Innovation Policy, Court Reform & New National Law in Hong Kong & Macau (July 28, 2021)
- Translation: NPCSC’s New Public Health Legislative Plan in Response to COVID-19 (Apr. 29, 2020)