This page contains:

1. Official government documents on China.
2. Resources on China organised on themetic issues like politics, economy, history, foreign policy, society and culture, national minorities, and so on. To view, please scroll down.

White Papers

• Building of Political Democracy in China
• China: Arms Control and Disarmament
• China’s National Defense in 2002
• China's Efforts and Achievements in Promoting the Rule of Law
• China's Employment Situation and Policies
• China's Endeavors for Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-Proliferation
• China's Energy Conditions and Policies
• China's EU Policy Paper
• China's National Defense
• China's National Defense in 2000
• China's National Defense in 2004
• China's National Defense in 2006
• China's Non-Proliferation Policy and Measures
• China's Peaceful Development Road
• China's Policy on Mineral Resources
• China's Policy on 'Three Direct Links' Across the Taiwan Straits
• China's Political Party System
• China's Population and Development in the 21st Century
• China's Progress in Human Rights in 2004
• China's Social Security and Its Policy
• China's Space Activities
• China's Space Activities in 2006
• Criminal Reform in China
• Ecological Improvement and Environmental Protection in Tibet
• Environmental Protection in China
• Environmental Protection in China (1996-2005)
• Family Planning in China
• Fifty Years of Progress in China's Human Rights
• Freedom of Religious Belief in China
• Gender Equality and Women's Development in China
• History and Development of Xinjiang
• Human Rights in China
• Human Rights Record of the United States in 2001
• Intellectual Property Protection in China
• Labor and Social Security in China
• Narcotics Control in China
• National Minorities Policy and Its Practice in China
• New Progress in China's Protection of Intellectual Property Rights
• New Progress in Human Rights in the Tibet Autonomous Region
• On Sino-US Trade Balance
• Progress in China's Human Rights Cause in 1996
• Progress in China's Human Rights Cause in 2000
• Progress in China's Human Rights Cause in 2003
• Regional Autonomy for Ethnic Minorities in China
• Regional Ethnic Autonomy in Tibet
• The Development of China’s Undertakings for the Aged
• The Development of China's Marine Programs
• The Development of Tibetan Culture
• The Development-oriented Poverty Reduction Program for Rural China
• The Grain Issue in China
• The One-China Principle and the Taiwan Issue  
• The Progress of Human Rights in China
• The Quality and Safety of Food in China
• The Situation of Children in China
• The Situation of Chinese Women
• The Taiwan Question and Reunification of China
• Tibet--Its Ownership And Human Rights Situation
• Tibet's March Toward Modernization

Government Work Reports

• Report on the Work of the Government (2007-08)
• Report on the Work of the Government (2006-07)
• Report on the Work of the Government (2005-06)
• Report on the Work of the Government (2004-05)
• Report on the Work of the Government (2003-04)
• Report on the Work of the Government (2002-03)

Report on Development Plan

• Report on Development Plan (2007-08)
• Report on Development Plan (2006-07)
• Report on Development Plan (2005-06)
• Report on Development Plan (2003-04)
• Report on Development Plan (2002-03)

China’s Budgets Reports

• China's Budgets Report (2007-08)
• China's Budgets Report (2006-07)
• China's Budgets Report (2005-06)
• China's Budgets Report (2003-04)
• China's Budget Report (2002-03)

Constitution

• Common Program of 1949 at http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook.html

Laws

• Law of the People's Republic of China on Regional National Autonomy  
• Nationality Law of the People's Republic of China
• Organic Law of the National People's Congress of the PRC
• Organic Law of the People's Courts of the People's Republic of China 
• Organic Law of the People's Procuratorates of the PRC  
• Organic Law of the State Council of the People's Republic of China  
• Organic Law of the Villagers Committees of the People's Republic of China  

 Civil and Commercial Law 

• Companies 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 Securities Investment Fund  
• Securities Law of the People's Republic of China  

Criminal Law 

• Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China  
• Interpretation by the Standing Committee of NPC Regarding Articles 228, 342 and 410 of the Criminal Law of the PRC  
• Interpretation by the Standing Committee of the NPC Regarding Article 313 of the Criminal Law of the PRC
• Interpretation by the Standing Committee of the NPC Regarding Other Invoices for Obtaining a Tax Refund for Exports or for Offsetting Tax Money Prescribed in the Criminal Law of the PRC  
• Interpretation by the Standing Committee of the NPC Regarding the Credit Card Prescribed in the Criminal Law of the PRC  
• Interpretation by the Standing Committee of the NPC Regarding the First Paragraph of Article 384 of the Criminal Law of the PRC  
• Interpretation by the Standing Committee of the NPC Regarding the First Paragraph of Article 294 of the Criminal Law of the PRC  
• Interpretation by the Standing Committee of the NPC Regarding the Second Paragraph of Article 93 of the Criminal Law of the PRC  
• Interpretation by the Standing Committee of the NPC Regarding the Application of the Subject of the Crime of Dereliction of Duty in Chapter IX of the Criminal Law of the PRC  
• Interpretation by the Standing Committee of the NPC Regarding the Provisions of the Criminal Law of the PRC on Culture Relics that are Applicable to the Fossils of Paleovertebrates and Paleoanthropoids of Scientific Value

 Administrative Law 

• Customs Law of the People's Republic of China  
• Education Law of the People's Republic of China
• Law of the People's Republic of China on Administrative Penalty  
• Law of the People's Republic of China on Public Servants  
• Regulations of the People's Republic of China on Administrative Penalties for Public Security  

 Economic Law

• Law of the People's Republic of China on Chinese-Foreign Contractual Joint Ventures 
• Law of the People's Republic of China on Import and Export Commodity Inspection  
• Law of the People's Republic of China on Joint Ventures Using Chinese and Foreign Investment
• Water Law of the People's Republic of China  

Procedural Law  

• Administrative Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China  
• Civil Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China 
• Criminal Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China
• Legislation Law of the People's Republic of China  

 Environment Law   

• Environmental Protection Law of the People's Republic of China  
• Law of the People's Republic of China on Prevention and Control of Water Pollution
• Law of the People's Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Atmospheric Pollution
• Law of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of Wildlife 

 Labour Social Security Law   

• Compulsory Education Law of the People's Republic of China  
• Labor 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 Protection of Minors  
• Law of the People's Republic of China on Protection of the Rights and Interests of the Elderly 
• Law of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of Rights and Interests of Women  

  Military Law   

• Civil Air Defense Law of the People's Republic of China  
• Law of the People's Republic of China on Garrisoning the HK Special Administrative Region
• Law of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of Military Installations
• State Security Law of the People's Republic of China  

 Intellectual Property Law   

• Copyright Law of China
• Patent Law of China  
• Trademark Law of China