5. Revisions to the Law on the Standard Spoken and Written Chinese Language, which we plan to write about soon.

npcobserver.com/legislation/...

4. Value-Added Tax Law. npcobserver.com/legislation/...

For a response to the claim that this law imposes a new "condom tax," see this post by @chinalawtranslate.bsky.social:

www.chinalawtranslate.com/en/reality-c...

3. The first amendments to China's Cybersecurity Law. For a detailed analysis, see www.china-briefing.com/news/china-c...

2. Revisions to the laws governing China's neighborhood committees, the Urban Residents' Committees Organic Law and Villagers' Committees Organic Law. Our coverage focuses on the Communist Party's new statutory role in community affairs: newsletter.npcobserver.com/i/179290725/...

All our coverage of this Law as well as its various drafts, legislative records, and available English translations are all collected on this page: npcobserver.com/legislation/...

Finally, we summarized and translated the legislature's official response to the controversy issued on December 24: npcobserver.com/2025/12/26/n...

Most recently, we commented on the recent controversy over Article 136, a new provision that generally mandates sealing the records of all public security violations, including minor drug offenses. thediplomat.com/2025/12/unde...

We then delved into key changes to the Law—from the general principles of public security administration punishments, to individual offenses and accompanying investigatory and decisionmaking procedures.

npcobserver.com/2025/08/26/c...

First, we covered major debates during the Law's revision process, including the use of administrative detention, availability of hearings, and vagueness of certain offenses with free speech implications.

npcobserver.com/2025/08/18/c...

🟢 The NPC Standing Committee released eight bills for public comment. Check this post for drafts, explanatory documents, as well as any comparison chart and English translation.

npcobserver.com/2025/12/26/c...

3. draft Law on National Development Plans [国家发展规划法]: npcobserver.com/legislation/...

We've also made a comparison chart here: npcobserver.com/wp-content/u...

2. draft Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress [民族团结进步促进法]: npcobserver.com/legislation/...

We've made a comparison chart here: npcobserver.com/wp-content/u...

🟠 The NPC Standing Committee decided to sent three bills to the full NPC's 2026 session, which will begin on Mar. 5.

1. draft Ecological and Environmental Code [生态环境法典] npcobserver.com/legislation/...

7. A decision repealing or declaring as lapsed 104 instruments enacted by the NPC Standing Committee between 1955 and 2021: zh.wikisource.org/wiki/%E5%85%...

We'll have more to say about this document in 2026.