People's Republic of China Legal Research

A Chinese and English bilingual database providing laws, regulations, judicial decisions, journal articles, legislative documents, international treaties and so on. It was developed by Peking University Law School. This database is available via IP access within HLS.

A Chinese and English bilingual database on Chinese law. It provides comprehensive resources of laws, regulations, judicial decisions, legal news, sample contracts, articles and so on. This database is available via IP access within HLS.

An interactive and cooperative project site to translate Chinese laws and documents into English. The site provides English translations to drafts and newly enacted laws and regulations.

Maintained by the General Office of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, this new database provides national and provincial laws and regulations currently in effect, as well as judicial interpretations.

A law and regulation database from the Ministry of Justice.

Sponsored by the Supreme People's Court, includes selected judicial decisions from the Supreme People's Court and local courts since 2013.

A portal for China's judicial system. It has news reports, judicial decisions, laws and regulations, training videos, judicial exam examples and other information.

Developed by Standford Law School, this site provides Chinese and English versions of guiding cases released by the Supreme People’s Court.

The site presents live trials and past trial recordings covering selected cases from the Supreme People's Court and local courts.

Interface in both Chinese and English, this site provides a commercial and maritime litigation support platform.

An online information disclosure platform of Peoples' Procuratorates.

As an open source case database, OpenLaw was launched in 2014 by an NGO in Shanghai. It provides judicial decisions and guiding cases for legal professionals, scholars and students.

Compiled by the Supreme People’s Court, published since 1985.

Compiled by the Supreme People’s Court, published since 1992.

Compiled by the Training Center for Senor Judges of China and Renmin University Law School, published since 1992, this multi-volume set is divided into Criminal Law, Civil Law, Commercial Law, and Administrative Law.

In Chinese, covering laws and regulations promulgated since 1954.

In Chinese, covering newly promulgated laws and regulations since 1988.

In Chinese, covering laws promulgated since 1979.

In English, covering laws and regulations promulgated since 1979.