Wild Animals Protection Law

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)

• Status: Revision pending
• Legislative Body (Vote): NPCSC (TBD)
• 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 & Texts
  • NPCSC deliberation – 3^rd (expected final) round: expected December 2022
  • NPCSC deliberation – 2^nd round: Aug. 30 – Sept. 2, 2022 (Chinese, $ English) 💬
    Public consultation: Sept. 2 – Oct. 1, 2022
  • NPCSC deliberation – 1^st 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 (pending)
  • Report on Suggestions for Revision (pending)
  • Presidential Order (pending)

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)

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NPCSC Decision on Completely Prohibiting Illegal Trade in Wild Animals, Eliminating the Bad Habit of Indiscriminately Eating Wild Animals, and Truly Ensuring the People's Security in their Lives and Health (Feb. 24, 2020)