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NEW POST – Chinese Legislature Seeks Public Comment on 12 Bills: Cybersecurity, Foreign Trade, Ethnic Unity, Corporate B...
12/09/2025

NEW POST – Chinese Legislature Seeks Public Comment on 12 Bills: Cybersecurity, Foreign Trade, Ethnic Unity, Corporate Bankruptcy, Environmental Code, Standard Chinese Language & More

China’s national legislature, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPCSC), is soliciting public comment on the following twelve bills through October 11, 2025. Draft NameCh

NEW POST – NPCSC Session Watch (Extra): Ethnic Unity Law & Foreign Trade Law Overhaul
08/09/2025

NEW POST – NPCSC Session Watch (Extra): Ethnic Unity Law & Foreign Trade Law Overhaul

China to codify ethnic integration measures and authorize new trade countermeasures.

NEW POST – NPC Calendar: September 2025
29/08/2025

NEW POST – NPC Calendar: September 2025

A preview of events relating to China's National People's Congress (NPC) in September 2025.

NEW POST – NPCSC Session Watch: Cybersecurity, Environmental Tax, Bankruptcy, Arbitration & Mandarin Chinese Promotion
26/08/2025

NEW POST – NPCSC Session Watch: Cybersecurity, Environmental Tax, Bankruptcy, Arbitration & Mandarin Chinese Promotion

A slogan reading "Speak Putonghua, Write Standard Characters" in a Guangzhou secondary school. Photo by Gzdavidwong/ CC BY-SA 3.0. China’s top legislature, the 14th NPC Standing Committee (

NEW POST – China’s Revised Law of Public Order Offenses (Part 2): Key Changes in General Principles, Offenses, and Proce...
26/08/2025

NEW POST – China’s Revised Law of Public Order Offenses (Part 2): Key Changes in General Principles, Offenses, and Procedures

Photo by Michael Gellner (stock.adobe.com) This post is the second and final part of our coverage of China’s revised Public Security Administration Punishments Law (PSAPL) , approved by the Standing C

NEW POST – China’s Revised Law of Public Order Offenses (Part 1): Physical Liberty, Due Process, and Speech vs. Public S...
18/08/2025

NEW POST – China’s Revised Law of Public Order Offenses (Part 1): Physical Liberty, Due Process, and Speech vs. Public Security Administration

In the first revision to China's Public Security Administration Punishments Law, lawmakers recalibrated use of administrative detention, compromised on hearing rights, and grappled with proposed

NEW POST – NPC Calendar: August 2025
31/07/2025

NEW POST – NPC Calendar: August 2025

A preview of events relating to China's National People's Congress (NPC) in August 2025.

NEW POST – NPC Calendar: July 2025
30/06/2025

NEW POST – NPC Calendar: July 2025

A preview of events relating to China's National People's Congress (NPC) in July 2025.

NEW POST – Chinese Legislature Seeks Public Comment on 10 Bills: Community Governance, Social Welfare, Public Health Eme...
27/06/2025

NEW POST – Chinese Legislature Seeks Public Comment on 10 Bills: Community Governance, Social Welfare, Public Health Emergency, Food Safety, Civil Aviation & More

China's national legislature is seeking public comment on 10 bills through July 26, 2025.

NEW POST – NPCSC Session Watch: Public-Order Offenses, Unfair Competition, Community Governance, Social Welfare, Food Sa...
16/06/2025

NEW POST – NPCSC Session Watch: Public-Order Offenses, Unfair Competition, Community Governance, Social Welfare, Food Safety & Law Propaganda

A preview of the June 2025 session of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress (NPC).

NEW POST – Chinese Legislature’s 2025 Oversight Agenda: “New Quality Productive Forces,” Government Debt, Climate Action...
05/06/2025

NEW POST – Chinese Legislature’s 2025 Oversight Agenda: “New Quality Productive Forces,” Government Debt, Climate Action, Food Safety, Gig Worker Rights & More

The NPC Standing Committee has planned 36 oversight projects for 2025 and will hear 26 of the resulting reports.

NEW POST – NPC Calendar: June 2025
30/05/2025

NEW POST – NPC Calendar: June 2025

An overview of events relating to China's National People's Congress (NPC) in June 2025.

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