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 (TBA)
- Drafter & Submitter: NPC Environmental Protection and Resources Conservation Committee
- Legislative Plans
- Five-year: N/A
- Special: Public Health Category I
- Annual: 2020
- Legislative History & Texts
- NPCSC deliberation – 1st round: October 2020 (Chinese only)
- Legislative Records
- Explanation (Oct. 13, 2020)
- Report on Status of Revision (pending)
- Report on Results of Deliberation (pending)
- Report on Suggestions for Revision (pending)
- Presidential Order (pending)
- Press Conference: TBA
NPC Observer Coverage
- NPCSC Seeks Public Comments on Draft Personal Information Protection Law, Criminal Law Amendment, Wildlife Protection Law Revision, National Defense Law Revision & Two Other Bills (Oct. 21, 2020)
- 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)