Under the guidance of the policy of promoting socialist democracy and building a sound socialist legal system formulated at the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the National People’s Congress and its Standing Committee have, since 1979, enacted many important laws. These laws have been compiled and published in succession by the Legislative Affairs Commission of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China.

In order to acquaint readers abroad with China’s laws and with what China has achieved in building a socialist legal system with Chinese characteristics, the collections in Chinese entitled The Laws of the People’s Republic of China, covering the period of 1979-2016, have been translated into English and published in 28 volumes at the Foreign Languages Press, the Science Press, and the Law Press respectively. We are now publishing, as Volume 29, the English edition of The Laws of the People’s Republic of China (2017) at the Law Press. The publication note in the Chinese edition is not included.

This Volume (Vol.29) includes the laws and the decisions amending the laws, which were adopted by the National People’s Congress or its Standing Committee in 2017.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Law of the People’s Republic of China on the Red Cross Society

Decision of the Standing Committee on Revising the Law of the People’s Republic of China on Enterprise Income Tax

Law of the People’s Republic of China on Enterprise Income Tax

General Provisions of the Civil Law of the People’s Republic of China

Surveying and Mapping Law of the People’s Republic of China

National Intelligence Law of the People’s Republic of China

Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress on Revising the Law of the People’s Republic of China on Prevention and Control of Water Pollution

Law of the People’s Republic of China on Prevention and Control of Water Pollution

Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress on Revising the Civil Procedure Law of the People’s Republic of China and the Administrative Procedure Law of the People’s Republic of China

Civil Procedure Law of the People’s Republic of China

Administrative Procedure Law of the People’s Republic of China

Nuclear Safety Law of the People’s Republic of China

Law of the People’s Republic of China on Promotion of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

Law of the People’s Republic of China on National Anthem

Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress on Revising the Judges Law of the People’s Republic of China and Other Seven Laws

Judges Law of the People’s Republic of China

Public Procurators Law of the People’s Republic of China

Law of the People’s Republic of China on Public Servants

Law of the People’s Republic of China on Lawyers

Notarization Law of the People’s Republic of China

Arbitration Law of the People’s Republic of China

Law of the People’s Republic of China on Administrative Reconsideration

Law of the People’s Republic of China on Administrative Penalty

Anti-Unfair Competition Law of the People’s Republic of China

Standardization Law of the People’s Republic of China

Law of the People’s Republic of China on Public Libraries

Amendment (X) to the Criminal Law of the People’s Republic of China

Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress on Revising the Accounting Law of the People’s Republic of China and Other Ten Laws

Accounting Law of the People’s Republic of China

Marine Environment Protection Law of the People’s Republic of China

Law of the People’s Republic of China on Protection of Cultural Relics

Customs Law of the People’s Republic of China

Law of the People’s Republic of China on Chinese-Foreign Contractual Joint Ventures

Law of the People’s Republic of China on Maternal and Infant Health Care

Civil Aviation Law of the People’s Republic of China

Highway Law of the People’s Republic of China

Port Law of the People’s Republic of China

Law of the People’s Republic of China on Prevention and Control of Occupational Diseases

Law of the People’s Republic of China on Administration of Activities of Overseas Nongovernmental Organizations in the Mainland of China

Law of the People’s Republic of China on Specialized Farmers Cooperatives

Tobacco Tax Law of the People’s Republic of China

Vessel Tonnage Tax Law of the People’s Republic of China

Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress on Revising the Law of the People’s Republic of China on Bid Invitation and Bidding and the Metrology Law of the People’s Republic of China

Law of the People’s Republic of China on Bid Invitation and Bidding

Metrology Law of the People’s Republic of China

Decision of the Fifth Session of the Twelfth National People’s Congress on the Number of Deputies to the Thirteenth National People’s Congress and the Election of the Deputies

Measure for Election of Deputies of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China to the Thirteenth National People’s Congress

Measure for Election of Deputies of the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China to the Thirteenth National People’s Congress

Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress on Extending the Time Period for the Pilot Reform of the System of People’s Assessors in Certain Regions

Plan for Allocation of the Number of Deputies to the Thirteenth National People’s Congress

Plan for Allocation of the Number of Ethnic Minority Deputies to the Thirteenth National People’s Congress

Plan for the Consultative Election of Deputies of Taiwan Province to the Thirteenth National People’s Congress

Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress on Adding a Law to the List of the National Laws in Annex Ⅲ to the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China

Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress on Adding a Law to the List of the National Laws in Annex Ⅲ to the Basic Law of the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China

Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress on Expanding the Pilot Reform of the State Supervisory System to All Localities Nationwide

Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress on Temporarily Adjusting the Application of Relevant Legal Provisions During the Period of Reform of the People’s Armed Police Force of China

Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress on Extending the Time Period of Authorization for the State Council to Temporarily Adjust the Implementation of Relevant Provisions of Laws in the Administrative Regions of 33 Pilot Counties (Cities and Municipal Districts) Including Daxing District of Beijing Municipality

Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress on Approving the Cooperation Arrangement Between the Mainland and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on the Establishment of the Port at the West Kowloon Station of the GuangzhouShenzhenHong Kong Express Rail Link for Implementing Co-Location Arrangement

Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress on Extending the Time Period of Authorization for the State Council to Temporarily Adjust the Implementation of Relevant Provisions of Laws Respectively in the Administrative Regions of Daxing District of Beijing Municipality and other 231 Pilot Counties (Cities and Municipal Districts), and in the Administrative Regions of Jixian County of Tianjin Municipality and Other 58 Pilot Counties (Cities and Municipal Districts)