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NEW: Last month, China's National People's Congress quietly rolled out major upgrades to the National Database of Laws and Regulations.
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NEW: The State Council on Friday green-lit a draft revision to China's Banking Supervision and Administration Law [银行业监督管理法]. The initial legislative review is likely to occur in late October and in any event by the end of the year.
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Chinese Legislature Seeks Public Comment on 12 Bills: Cybersecurity, Foreign Trade, Ethnic Unity, Corporate Bankruptcy, Environmental Code, Standard Chinese Language & More
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Chinese legislature today announces that it's reviewing two more important bills at an already blockbuster session: a law on promoting ethnic unity and progress & an overhaul of China's Foreign Trade Law.
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📣 In addition to previously announced agenda items, China's national legislature this week is also reviewing a draft Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress and a draft revision to the Foreign Trade Law. We'll have more coverage shortly.
npcobserver.com/2025/08/26/chi…
China's revised Law on the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases [传染病防治法] takes effect today. The revision was adopted in April to improve China's legal framework on epidemic response in light of COVID-19.
Here's our earlier coverage:
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Today, in Part 2 of our coverage of China's new public security offenses law, we take a more comprehensive look at the overhaul: changes to general provisions on jurisdiction and leniency, dozens of new offenses, and various procedural reforms. 👇
npcobserver.com/2025/08/26/chi…
Today, China's national legislature announced its next meeting on Sept. 8–12. A whopping 16 bills are on the agenda, including 1st substantive updates to China's laws on cybersecurity, bankruptcy, standard Chinese language & environmental tax.
Our preview: npcobserver.com/2025/08/26/chi…
In June, China overhauled its public order offenses law for the first time in 20 years. The revision recalibrated the use of administrative detention, enacted a compromise scheme to modestly expand hearing rights, and grappled with proposed vague offenses.
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