Yangtze River Protection Law

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: 13^th NPCSC Category I
  • Annual: 2019, 2020
• Legislative History & Text
  • NPCSC deliberation – 3^rd (final) round: December 2020 (Current Text ⇧)
  • NPCSC deliberation – 2^nd round: October 2020 (Chinese only)
  • NPCSC deliberation – 1^st round: December 2019 (Chinese only)
• Legislative Records [Gazette 2021(1): 101–122]
  • 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)