Please see below for links to some of the more frequently referred to laws and regulations on our website, grouped by topic.
(For a full list of the laws that are available on our website, please see here, and for a full topical index, please see here).
Constitution of the People's Republic of China
Civil Society
Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Public Security and Detention
Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China (1979) [Amended 2015] (Chinese Text)
Criminal Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China (1979) [Amended 2012] (Chinese Text)
Domestic Violence Law of the People's Republic of China [Effective March 1, 2016] (Chinese Text) (Unofficial English Text)
Prison Law of the People's Republic of China (Amended 2013) [Effective December 29, 1994] (Chinese Text)
Public Security Administrative Punishments Law of the People's Republic of China (2006) [Amended 2012] (Chinese Text)
Related Rules and Regulations
Hong Kong
Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China [Effective July 1, 1997] (Chinese Text) (English Text)
Joint Declaration of the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the People's Republic of China on the question of Hong Kong [Signed December 19, 1984] (Chinese Text) (English Text)
Lawyers
Related Rules and Regulations
National Security
Counter-Terrorism Law of the People's Republic of China [Effective January 1, 2016 (Chinese Text) (Unofficial English Text)
State Secrets Law of the People's Republic of China [Effective October 1, 2010] (Chinese Text)
State Security Law of the People's Republic of China [Effective July 1, 2015] (Chinese Text) (Unofficial English Text)