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- UPDATE: At the emergency session, the NPCSC only confirmed removals of 3 NPC delegates w/ defense-industry experience, presumably caught in the ongoing anti-corruption campaign. They likely face imminent detention or trials, so must be stripped of their privileges post haste. More info in the post 👇
- NEW: China's national legislature will hold an emergency session on Wednesday. The sole disclosed agenda item, a report on recent changes to NPC membership, doesn't suffice to explain the emergency. There could be another bill, but so far much remains unclear. npcobserver.com/2026/02/02/c...
- NEW: China's national legislature will hold an emergency session on Wednesday. The sole disclosed agenda item, a report on recent changes to NPC membership, doesn't suffice to explain the emergency. There could be another bill, but so far much remains unclear. npcobserver.com/2026/02/02/c...
- Reposted by 𝙉𝙋𝘾 𝙊𝙗𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙚𝙧China has released a remarkable draft Cybercrime Law. You can think of it as the "little Cybersecurity Law" with a much more concrete and direct impact; comprehensively addressing specific online illegal conduct and prevention obligations. www.chinalawtranslate.com/en/cybercrim...
- NEW POST – NPC Standing Committee to Convene Emergency Session Ostensibly to Confirm NPC Membership Changes
- #NewDraftLaw: China's Ministry of Public Security is seeking public comment on a draft 𝑪𝒚𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒍 𝑳𝒂𝒘 [网络犯罪防治法] thru Mar. 2, 2026. Official announcement: www.mps.gov.cn/n2254536/n49... Bill page w/ draft & explanation in PDF: npcobserver.com/legislation/...
- Reposted by 𝙉𝙋𝘾 𝙊𝙗𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙚𝙧At this point I'm not sure how many nails are in the coffin of China's formerly diverse state language policy, but here's one more for good measure npcobserver.com/2026/01/27/c...
- NEW POST – NPC Calendar: February 2026
- Last December, China amended its common language law for the first time in 25 years, incorporating CCP's latest ethnic policy formulations, reflecting narrowing scope of bilingual education in ethnic schools, and mandating Mandarin use in additional settings. npcobserver.com/2026/01/27/c...
- NEW POST – China Amends Common Language Law to Expand Use of Mandarin Chinese
- NEW POST – NPC’s Budgetary Oversight Body Issues First Report on Review of Budgets and Fiscal Policy Measures
- #NewDraftLaw: China's National Development & Reform Commission is seeking public comment on a draft National Reserves Security Law [国家储备安全法] thru Feb. 16, 2026. Official announcement: yyglxxbsgw.ndrc.gov.cn/htmls/articl... Bill page w/ draft & explanation in PDF: npcobserver.com/legislation/...
- Reposted by 𝙉𝙋𝘾 𝙊𝙗𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙚𝙧[Not loaded yet]
- 📣 A few other laws also took effect on January 1, 2026. 1. National Parks Law, which we summarized here: newsletter.npcobserver.com/p/september-...
- Reposted by 𝙉𝙋𝘾 𝙊𝙗𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙚𝙧[Not loaded yet]
- #NewDraftLaw: China's Ministry of Public Security is seeking public comment on a draft revision to the People's Police Law [人民警察法] through February 2, 2026. Official announcement: www.mps.gov.cn/n2254536/n49... Bill page w/ draft & explanation in PDF: npcobserver.com/legislation/...
- 📣 China's revised Public Security Administration Punishments Law [治安管理处罚法], a statute defining minor public-security violations, took effect on New Year's Day, adding ~30 new offenses and making changes to related punishment procedures. 🧵 Here'a a round-up of coverage:
- NEW POST – Year in Review: The NPC and This Observer in 2025
- NEW POST – NPC Calendar: January 2026
- China's national legislature concluded its last session of 2025 on Saturday. 🧵 A round-up of major developments: 🔵 It passed seven bills: 1. Revised Fisheries Law [渔业法], effective 2026-05-01: npcobserver.com/legislation/...
- BREAKING: China's National People's Congress will convene its 2026 session on March 5, 2026. Besides routine agenda items, it will also review China’s 15th Five-Year Plan and 3 legislative bills: an environmental code, a law governing five-year plans & a law on promoting ethnic unity and progress.
- NEW: China's national legislature is seeking public comment on 8 bills. The comments period will end on Feb. 9, 2026 for the draft Trademark Law revision and on Jan. 25, 2026 for the other bills. Drafts and explanatory documents ⬇️ npcobserver.com/2025/12/26/c...
- NEW: In a belated statement, China's legislature rejects claims of improper influence over the enactment of a new requirement to seal the records of minor offenses and explains the requirement, as applied to drug-use records, is consistent with longstanding policy. npcobserver.com/2025/12/26/n...
- NEW: China's National People's Congress will review and pass THREE laws at its plenary session next spring: the Environmental and Ecological Code, Law on Promoting Ethnic Progress and Unity, and Law on National Development Plans. npcobserver.com/2025/12/16/c...
- #NewDraftLaw: China's National Health Commission is seeking public comment on a draft revision to the Blood Donation Law [献血法] through January 17, 2026. Official announcement w/ draft: www.nhc.gov.cn/ylyjs/gzdt/2... Bill page: npcobserver.com/legislation/...
- Recently, there's been a huge controversy in China over a new law that requires sealing the records of all minor offenses. The public has singled out the inclusion of drug offenses and alleged last-minute procedural manipulations to smuggle the provision in. 1/2 thediplomat.com/2025/12/unde...
- NEW: China's national legislature will next meet on December 22–27 with a packed agenda, including 14 legislative bills and almost two dozen reports. Among other news, it seems that THREE bills are heading to #NPC2026 in the spring. npcobserver.com/2025/12/16/c...
- The latest amendments to China's Food Safety Law [食品安全法] have taken effect today, December 1. Check out our coverage here: newsletter.npcobserver.com/p/september-...
- Here’s the latest issue of our newsletter, where we discuss provisions in two newly updated laws that concern the Chinese Communist Party’s role in neighborhood governance and a draft law that could potential weaken environmental public interest litigstion in China. open.substack.com/pub/npcobser...
- NEW: On Friday, Nov. 14, the State Council approved a draft revision to China's Trademark Law [商标法] and decided to submit it to the NPC Standing Committee for deliberation. Initial legislative review could occur as soon as late December. npcobserver.com/legislation/...
- China's new Public Health Emergency Response Law [突发公共卫生事件应对法] and Law on Publicity and Education on the Rule of Law [法治宣传教育法] just took effect on November 1. We briefly discussed both in our recent newsletter: newsletter.npcobserver.com/p/september-...
- NEW: On Oct. 28, China passed the first amendments to its 2016 Cybersecurity Law, effective Jan. 1, 2026: www.npc.gov.cn/npc/c2/c3083... Bill page with legislative records and past drafts: npcobserver.com/legislation/...
