Wild Animals Protection Law of the People’s Republic of China
中华人民共和国野生动物保护法
[Current Text: Chinese, $ English]
(adopted Nov. 8, 1988, effective Mar. 1, 1989; amended and effective Aug. 28, 2004; amended and effective Aug. 27, 2009; revised July 2, 2016, effective Jan. 1, 2017; revised Dec. 30, 2022, effective May 1, 2023)
- Status: Revision passed
- Legislative Body (Vote): NPCSC (N/A)
- Principal Drafter & Submitter: NPC Environmental Protection and Resources Conservation Committee
- Legislative Plans
- Five-year: N/A
- Special: Public Health Category I
- Annual: 2020, 2021, 2022
- Legislative History & Text
- NPCSC deliberation – 3rd (final) round: Dec. 27 – 30, 2022 (Current Text ⇧)
- NPCSC deliberation – 2nd round: Aug. 30 – Sept. 2, 2022 (Chinese, $ English) 💬
- Public consultation: Sept. 2 – Oct. 1, 2022
- NPCSC deliberation – 1st round: Oct. 13 – 17, 2020 (Chinese Δ, $ English) 💬
- Public consultation: Oct. 21 – Nov. 19, 2020
- Legislative Records
- Explanation (Oct. 13, 2020)
- Report on Status of Revision (Aug. 30, 2022)
- Report on Results of Deliberation (Dec. 27, 2022)
- Report on Suggestions for Revision (Dec. 30, 2022)
- Presidential Order (Dec. 30, 2022)
NPC Observer Coverage
- NPCSC Session Watch: Patent, Export Control, Personal Information Protection, Wildlife Protection & National Defense (Sept. 29, 2020)
- Translation: NPCSC’s New Public Health Legislative Plan in Response to COVID-19 (Apr. 29, 2020)
- China to Postpone Annual NPC Session and Restrict Wide Animals Trade & Consumption (Feb. 17, 2020)