People's Republic of China Legal Research

A Chinese and English database providing laws, regulations, judicial decisions, journal articles, legislative documents, tax treaties and so on. It was developed by Pekjing University Law School. This database is available via IP access within HLS and on a Proxy server. Patrons don’t need password to login.

A Chinese and English bilingual database on Chinese law. It provides comprehensive resources on laws, regulations, judicial decisions, legal news, sample contracts, articles and so on. Access is by IP address. On the top right hand side of the page, you should see "EN" to click on, if you cannot read Chinese.

A Chinese and English bilingual database on Chinese law. It provides comprehensive resources on laws, regulations, judicial decisions, case head notes, legal news, sample contracts, articles and so on. Available via IP access on the HLS campus.

Developed by Standford Law School, thie site provides English version of guiding cases released by the Supreme People’s Court.

A database of laws, regulations, judicial interpretations, and local legislation provided by The National People's Congress website. Many of the laws are also available in English.

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

A law and regulation database from the Legislative Affairs Office of the State Council. It is also available in English.

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

The site presents live trials and past trial recordings covering selected cases from the Supreme People's Court and local courts since 2009.

An online information disclosure platform of the Procuratorates of different levels for the public to trace the prosecution of certain crimes or prosecution of certain persons.

Interface in both Chinese and English, this site provides Chinese language court decisions, laws and other resources.

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 Courts, published since 1992.

Compiled by the Training Center for Senor Judges of China, and Renmin University Law School, published since 1992. It has four volumes divided into Criminal Law, Civil Law, Commercial Law, and Administrative Law.

In Chinese, covers laws and regulations promulgated since 1954.

In Chinese, published since 1988.

In Chinese, covers laws promulgated since 1979.

In English, covers laws and regulations promulgated since 1979.

Provides access to laws from both mainland China and Hong Kong.

Includes laws, reports and news on China's open government efforts.