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)
• Drafter & Submitter: NPC Environmental Protection and Resources Conservation Committee
• Legislative Plans
  • Five-year: N/A
  • Special: Public Health Category I
  • Annual: 2020, 2021
• Legislative History & Texts
  • NPCSC deliberation – 2^nd round: originally scheduled for June 2021
  • NPCSC deliberation – 1^st 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: TBD

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)