Sports Law

Sports Law of the People’s Republic of China
中华人民共和国体育法

[Current Text: Chinese only]

(adopted Aug. 29, 1995, effective Oct. 1, 1995; amended and effective Aug. 27, 2009; amended and effective Nov. 7, 2016; revised June 24, 2022, effective Jan. 1, 2023)

• Status: Revision passed
• Legislative Body (Vote): NPCSC (N/A)
• Principal Drafter & Submitter: NPC Social Development Affairs Committee
• Legislative Plans
  • Five-year: 13^th NPCSC Category II
  • Annual: 2021, 2022
• Legislative History & Texts
  • NPCSC deliberation – 3^rd (final) round: June 2022 (Current Text ⇧)
  • NPCSC deliberation – 2^nd round: April 2022 (Chinese only)
  • NPCSC deliberation – 1^st round: October 2021 (Chinese only Δ)
• Legislative Records
  • Explanation (Oct. 19, 2021)
  • Report on Status of Revision (Apr. 18, 2022)
  • Report on Results of Deliberation (June 21, 2022)
  • Report on Suggestions for Revision (June 23, 2022)
  • Presidential Order (June 24, 2022)

NPC Observer Coverage

• NPCSC Amends Anti-Monopoly Law, Revises Sports Law & Adopts New Law to Protect Black Soil (June 30, 2022)
• NPCSC Seeks Public Comments on Draft Revisions to Women’s Rights and Interests Protection Law & Sports Law, Draft Black Soil Protection Law (Apr. 19, 2022)
• NPCSC Seeks Public Comments on Bills on Anti-Monopoly, Telecom Fraud, Organization of Local People’s Congresses and Governments, Sports, Futures and Derivatives & More (Oct. 23, 2021)
• NPCSC Session Watch: Antitrust, Telecom Fraud, Agriculture, Local Governance, Reform Pilots & More (Sept. 28, 2021)