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#NewDraftLaw: China's Ministry of Justice & 4 other agencies are seeking public comment on a draft ๐ญ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐๐ [้่ๆณ] through Apr. 19, 2026.
Official announcement: moj.gov.cn/pub/sfbgw/lfyjโฆ
Bill page w/ draft & explanation in PDF: npcobserver.com/legislation/fiโฆ
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NEW POST โ NPC 2026: Chinese Legislature Revokes Landmark 1985 Delegation of Economic Lawmaking Power to the State Council
It also repealed Chinaโs 1988 state-owned enterprise (SOE) law, following the conversion of traditional SOEs into modern companies.
npcobserver.com/2026/03/18/chiโฆ
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NEW POST โ NPC 2026: Documents and Votes
npcobserver.com/2026/03/16/chiโฆ
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This is in fact also not new (which we also noted in our coverage!)
The ethnic unity law essentially just restates the requirements of the 2021 Family Education Promotion Law, which @chinalawtransl8 analyzed here: chinalawtranslate.com/en/working-papโฆ
Henry Gao@henrysgao
The more consequential provisions, in my view, are the following two. 1. Article 20 Peopleโs governments at all levels must incorporate the goal of strengthening the โChinese national communityโ into family education, and family values. Parents/guardians must educate minors to
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We wrote about the revised common language law here: npcobserver.com/2026/01/27/chiโฆ
But as we also noted, the ethnic unity law does go beyond the common language law: npcobserver.com/2026/03/05/chiโฆ
Henry Gao@henrysgao
appeared repeatedly in earlier laws. For instance, the widely cited clause โNo organization or individual shall obstruct citizens from learning and using the national common languageโwas already included in the National Common Language & Writing Law when it was amended last year.
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ถไป็ปๅพฎๅๅไธไธไธๅไธพ๏ผ่ฏฆ่งๅฎๆดPDF ไธ่ฝฝ้พๆฅ๏ผ
trusting-glitter-4f0.notion.site/2026-pdf-32281โฆ
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All that's to say we don't have any magic power to divine the hidden meaning of Chinese statutory text when there is none!
Anyway, here's our first look at the environmental code:
npcobserver.com/2026/03/11/chiโฆ
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You can read the primary source, a report issued by the NPC Environmental Protection and Resource Conservation Committee in 2024, here (the relevant passages are on page 14 of the PDF):
#page=14" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">npcobserver.com/wp-content/uplโฆ
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This @business Bloomberg report cites us as "read[ing]" Part IV of China's new environmental code "as paving the way for a future climate law."
bloomberg.com/news/articles/โฆ
We didn't say we read the law that way and we aren't sure one *can* read it that way.
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Full text of the Ecological and Environmental Code (effective Aug. 15, 2026) is expected shortly. It looks like it's taking Xinhua some time to upload it.
npcobserver.com/legislation/ecโฆ
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#NPC2026: China has released the full text of two of the three laws passed on March 12.
1. Law on National Development Plans (effective immediately)
Official link: ๐คท๐ปโโ๏ธ [blocked by X; check bill page below]
Bill page: npcobserver.com/legislation/laโฆ
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UPDATE: China has released the full text of its new Ecological and Environmental Code. Find the link in the bill page below ๐
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Full text of the Ecological and Environmental Code (effective Aug. 15, 2026) is expected shortly. It looks like it's taking Xinhua some time to upload it. npcobserver.com/legislation/ecโฆ
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#NPC2026: Now that the session is over, here's our expected document release timeline:
โข 3/12: all legislation
โข 3/13: 15th FYP & Gov Work Report
โข 3/14: budget & annual dev plan reports
โข 3/15: NPCSC work report
โข 3/16: SPC & SPP work reports
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#NPC2026: We have finally posted analysis of all three laws that China is expected to pass today (Thursday, March 12):
๐ชก A quick thread:
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3. Law on National Development Plans
The Law will codify China's existing procedural framework governing the drafting, approval & implementation of 5-Year Plans for Economic & Social Development, including the Communist Party's role throughout process.
npcobserver.com/2026/02/24/chiโฆ
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