The 12th NPC Standing Committee (NPCSC) concluded its 29th session last Friday. Regarding legislation, it passed a National Anthem Law and a Nuclear Safety Law, revised the Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Promotion Law, and amended eight laws to replace the current national judicial exam with a unified national legal profession qualification exam.
Tag: Nuclear Safety Law
29th Session Watch Pt. 1: NPCSC to Consider Revisions of Laws Organizing China’s Judicial System
The Council of Chairmen met on August 18 and decided that the 29th—and fourth last—session of the 12th NPC Standing Committee (NPCSC) will take place from August 28 to September 1. The agenda proposed by the Council of Chairmen is explained below.
NPCSC Solicits Public Opinions on Three Draft Laws: May 16, 2017 (UPDATED)
Update/Correction (May 26, 2017): The comments period for the draft National Intelligence Law now ends on June 4, 2017, NOT June 14. This post originally stated that the Law underwent a second reading at the NPCSC’s April session. This did not happen and we apologize for the mistake.
Update (May 18, 2017): China Law Translate has also translated the draft National Intelligence Law here.
Update (May 17, 2017): The China Copyright and Media blog has posted an English translation of the draft National Intelligence Law here.
The NPC Standing Committee (NPCSC) is now soliciting public opinions on the following three draft legislations. The comments period currently runs through June 14, but since the NPCSC has yet to officially announce this round of solicitation of public comments on the frontpage of its website, the deadline might be extended. We will announce any change to the comments period here and on Twitter.
- Standardization Law (Draft Revision) (标准化法修订草案)
- Nuclear Safety Law (2nd Deliberation Draft) (核安全法草案二次审议稿)
- National Intelligence Law (Draft) (国家情报法草案)
The hyperlinks above direct to PDF versions of the draft laws, which are currently in Chinese only. We will update this post and make announcements on Twitter if and when the bills become available in other formats or languages.
We have summarized the draft revision to the Standardization Law here. Also, it now seems unlikely that the NPCSC will release the draft revision to the Securities Law for public comments. (But maybe the delay is purely for technical reasons as the bill contains more than 300 articles—who knows).
Click here to submit comments online. Please refer to our guide if you have trouble navigating the online comments system. The individual pages for the bills also contain notes (in Chinese) on their content.
Comments can also be mailed to the NPCSC Legislative Affairs Commission (全国人大常委会法制工作委员会) at the following address:
Chinese: 北京市西城区前门西大街1号 邮编：100805
English: No. 1 West Qianmen Avenue, Xicheng District, Beijing 100805
Please clearly write “[BILL NAME IN CHINESE]征求意见” on the envelope.
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27th Session Watch Pt. 2: NPCSC Concludes Session with New Laws, Decisions
Earlier this afternoon, at the closing meeting of its 27th Session, the 12th NPC Standing Committee (NPCSC) voted on and approved a series of legislative bills as well as decisions on personnel and reform of the judicial system. The following is a quick review of the actions taken by the NPCSC today.
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27th Session Watch Pt. 1: NPCSC to Consider Securities Law Revision, Renew People’s Assessor System Reform
As we have predicted earlier, the Council of Chairmen met today to set the dates and agenda for this month’s NPC Standing Committee (NPCSC) session. It decided that the 27th Session of the 12th NPCSC will take place from April 24 to 27. As usual, this post summarizes the official press release of the Council’s meeting, along with other pertinent information.
Continue reading “27th Session Watch Pt. 1: NPCSC to Consider Securities Law Revision, Renew People’s Assessor System Reform”NPCSC Solicits Public Opinion on Draft Laws: Nov. 14, 2016 (UPDATED)
Nov. 29 Update: The NPCSC has finally released the PDF versions of these draft laws. All are in Chinese only.
- Nuclear Safety Law (Draft)
- Law on Ensuring Public Cultural Services (Second Deliberation Draft)
- Surveying and Mapping Law (Draft Revision)
- Red Cross Society Law (Draft Revision) (Second Deliberation Draft)
- General Provisions of the Civil Law (Second Deliberation Draft)
- Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Promotion Law (Draft Revision)
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Session Watch: The 24th Session of the 12th NPCSC
To the (nonexistent) readers of this Blog: Welcome to the first installment of Session Watch, a future regular series featured on this Blog. Or at least as regular as the NPCSC sessions will be. Starting with the 24th Session of the 12th NPCSC, this Blog will cover each session in one or more posts, mostly on the agenda of each session and any related legislative activities.
Yesterday (October 18, 2016), the Chairmen’s Council of the 12th NPCSC convened to set the date for the upcoming Standing Committee Session, and proposed a preliminary agenda subject to the approval of the plenary session.
Basic Takeaways from the Press Release
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