Yangtze River Protection Law of the People’s Republic of China
中华人民共和国长江保护法
[Current Text: Chinese, English]
(adopted Dec. 26, 2020, effective Mar. 1, 2021)
- Status: Passed
- Legislative Body (Vote): NPCSC (N/A)
- Principal Drafter & Submitter: NPC Environmental Protection and Resources Conservation Committee
- Legislative Plans
- Five-year: 13th NPCSC Category I
- Annual: 2019, 2020
- Legislative History & Text
- NPCSC deliberation – 3rd (final) round: December 2020 (Current Text ⇧)
- NPCSC deliberation – 2nd round: October 2020 (Chinese only)
- NPCSC deliberation – 1st round: December 2019 (Chinese only)
- Legislative Records
- Explanation (Dec. 23, 2019)
- Report on Status of Revision (Oct. 13, 2020)
- Report on Results of Deliberation (Dec. 22, 2020)
- Report on Suggestions for Revision (Dec. 25, 2020)
- Presidential Order (Dec. 26, 2020)
NPC Observer Coverage
- NPCSC Passes New Criminal Law Amendment, Revises National Defense Law & Juvenile Delinquency Prevention Law & Establishes Hainan IP Court (Dec. 28, 2020)
- 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 Solicits Public Comments on Draft Civil Code, Export Control Law, Yangtze River Protection Law, Solid Waste Law Revisions & Two Tax Laws (Dec. 28, 2019)
- NPCSC Session Watch: Civil Code, Securities Law, Yangtze River Protection, Taiwanese Investments & Export Control (Dec. 17, 2019)