On May 6, 2024, the State Council of China issued the Legislation Working Plan 2024 of the State Council (hereinafter referred to as “the Working Plan 2024”), and made the key contents released to the public on May 9, 2024.
The Working Plan not only specify the list of all the laws and regulations that will be drafted or revised (together with the corresponding organization to do so) in the year of 2024, but also elaborate the key subjects and working principles of forming legislation list.
Key subjects
- Enhance high quality development.
- Strengthening the government's self-construction.
- Improve the education, science and culture sectors.
- Enhance people’s well-being.
- Facilitate green development.
- Optimize national security governance.
- Improve the rule of law concerning foreign affairs.
Working principles
- Focus on the public well-being, while being truth-seeking and pragmatic.
Actively response to people’s feedback and needs on legislative works; laws and regulations more relevant and applicable; explore a faster response system for items that are strongly reflected by the people, or are urgently needed by the economic and social development.
- Uphold the unity, dignity and authority of China's legal system.
Legislative works should be coordinated in the same sector, and supportive regulations/rules should be drafted timely; improve filing working efficiency and quality, while intensify efforts to review and correct errors.
- Strengthen the publicity and interpretation of the whole legislative process.
Legislative work should be better supported by appropriate publicity and interpretation/training. Guide all relevant parties in the society to participate into the legislative work, while make timely response on highly focused public topics.
- Consistently improve the legislative working level of regional governments.
The list of laws and regulations to be drafted or revised in 2024
The List contains two parts: i) 21 law drafts will be submitted for the review/approval as prioritized ones by the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, and another 26 items are in preparation for submission; ii) 30 administrative regulation items under the management of national ministries are already in the drafting or revising process. Besides, 19 regulations/provisions are prepared to be drafted, while the revision of another 18 existing regulations/provisions are prepared to be revised.
Among all the items, following ones stand out on the potential impact for foreign stakeholders
No. | Category | Document Name | Type | Status |
1 | Laws | Energy Law of China | Newly-drafted | Prioritized |
2 | Hazardous Chemical Safety Law of China | Newly-drafted | Prioritized | |
3 | The Bidding Law of China | Revision | Prioritized | |
4 | Anti-Unfair Competition Law of China | Revision | Prioritized | |
5 | Tax Collection Administration Law of China | Revision | In preparation | |
6 | Product Quality Law of China | Revision | In preparation | |
7 | Artificial Intelligence Law of China | Newly-drafted | In preparation | |
8 | Trademark Law of China | Revision | In preparation | |
9 | Regulations/ Provisions | Regulation on Work Safety in Coal Mines* | Newly-drafted | Prioritized |
10 | Interim Regulation on the Administration of Carbon Emission Trading* | Newly-drafted | Prioritized | |
11 | Regulation on Fair Competition Review | Newly-drafted | Prioritized | |
12 | Provisions of the State Council on Implementing the Registered Capital Registration Management System of the Company Law of the People's Republic of China | Newly-drafted | Prioritized | |
13 | Regulations on Network Data Security Management | Newly-drafted | Prioritized | |
14 | Regulations on the Administration of Vehicle Production Access | Newly-drafted | In preparation | |
15 | Regulation on Policy Promulgation | Newly-drafted | In preparation | |
16 | Regulations on the Administration of Clinical Research and Transformation Application of New Biomedical Technologies | Newly-drafted | In preparation | |
17 | Regulations on Environmental Risk Management for Chemical Substances | Newly-drafted | In preparation | |
18 | Administrative Measures for Internet Information Services | Revision | In preparation | |
19 | Regulations for the Implementation of the Drug Administration Law of China | Revision | In preparation | |
20 | Regulations on Safety Supervision of Special Equipment | Revision | In preparation |
Foreign stakeholders are advised to check the working list and identify if any of the items may impact on their business in China. If any item is evaluated to potentially big impact, it is also recommended to follow up on the future actions of the owner of the related laws/regulations for timely updates.
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