Asian and Pacific Law: China

Legal resources for China via WorldLII.

Legal resources for China via AsianLII.

Resources in English. Laws and regulations at central and provincial level, and cases from the Supreme People's Court, special courts and local courts from 31 provinces, as well as some secondary materials.

From the International Labour Organization. Domestic labour, social security and related human rights legislation index, providing abstracts of legislation and relevant citation information with some full text.

Includes key and related domestic Acts and regulations in the area of intellectual property.

Information regarding employment termination laws in China, from the International Labour Organization.

From the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization Fisheries and Aquaculture Department.

From China.org.cn

Provides an overview of the tax system in China, including corporate and income tax, indirect tax, treaties and free trade agreements. Updated November 2012. From KPMG.

Domestic environmental law related laws and regulations. Ecolex is compiled by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation in conjunction with the United Nations Environment Programme and the International Union for the Conservation of Nature.

Links to relevant international and domestic legislation, information concerning international and regional treaties adherence, links to resolutions and reports from the UN and regional organisations, and a link to the UN Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review. From the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights.

Includes food and trade statistics, and facts and domestic legislation regarding pests and diseases, forestry, food security, natural resources, technical co-operation and water management.

Successor to The Chinese Law Prof Blog, founded by Donald Clarke from George Washington University Law School. Edited by a number of academics. Posts relating to Chinese law, politics, economics, finance etc.

Includes links to US Treasury Department joint facts sheets.

Developed by Elizabeth Lynch, formerly a research fellow at NYU Law School’s U.S.-Asia Law Institute.

Developed by Susan Finder, legal practitioner who has previously taught Chinese law in the Law Department of the City University of Hong Kong.

The subject guide supports the activities of The University of Sydney's China Studies Centre (CSC) and provides information on Library resources in this area.

From the United States Library of Congress.

From the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

From the Asia Foundation, a not-for-profit NGO dedicated to improving lives across developing Asia. Includes publications dealing with law and governance issues.

Released by the Information Office, State Council of the People's Republic of China.

Information related to central and local government in China (in English).

Includes statistical and policy related information, links to relevant laws and regulations and news and developments in English.

Including latest developments, and links to relevant laws, regulations, decrees etc.

Under the authority of the State Council, the NDRC formulates and implements strategies of regional and national economic and social development, considering such issues as sustainability, climate change and strategic economic restructuring.

Use the dropdown menu to find a country. From the Dag Hammarskjold Library. Provides direct access to official documents reflecting the views of United Nations Member States. Includes Resolutions granting membership, statements in the General Assembly, Security Council and Economic and Social Council, sponsored draft resolutions, and Periodic Reports on Human Rights Conventions.

Via the AustLII Treaties Library, and including the Treaties Not Yet in Force database.

From pkulaw.cn - provides links to select primary materials regarding China and the World Trade Organisation.

From the International Labour Organization, and including national labour laws, surveys, treaty ratifications and official comments on the country by the UN supervisory bodies.

From the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea (DOALOS), Office of Legal Affairs, United Nations Secretariat. Legislation and treaty information.

Provides details of bilateral and multilateral agreements with the European Union.

Provides information regarding China's interaction with UN treaty based and charter based human rights bodies, including reports, observations, publications and other materials.

Intellectual property related bilateral and multilateral treaties involving China.

Multilateral and bilateral environmental treaties involving China.

From the University of Minnesota Human Rights Library, this provides information on which human rights treaties China has ratified. Also provides links to the treaties.

From the Rule of Law in Armed Conflict Project. Includes adherence information on treaties in the following subject areas: humanitarian law, human rights law, weapons, refugees, criminal law and terrorism. Also includes links to international court and tribunal decisions.