Researching the People's Republic of China (Focus: Business Laws): Sources for Law

This site provides extensive commentary by scholars and judges on Supreme People's Court cases selected to provide stability and guidance for the judiciary throughout China .

China Law and Practice is often the first resource to report on developments in the law. CLP provides full text translations of the law. Access is limited to UH Law students, facutly and staff.

Provides free access to news and legislation on commercial laws in English and Chinese.

Allows you to search across 90 national and local legislation and regulations. Laws are machine translated into English.

LawInfoChina.com is a full text database of English translations of primary law and selected cases of the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”), with English language legal news, and certain other PRC secondary sources in English.

Selective coverage beginning in 1891 of Chinese laws, regulations, tax information, judicial decisions, and other legal documents. Translated by LexisNexis China Online (COL) in Beijing.

Westlaw China provides Chinese and English law translations.

Extensive free resource provided by the global Legal Information Institute group. Links to laws, commentaries and legal news.

This is a well organized web site that is available in Chinese and English (linking to the English version, Chinese version is at http://www.gov.cn). Provides links to the Gazette, databases of legislation and regulations, and news relevant to the legal community.

The Gazette publishes important national legislation, official documents, judicial interpretation and typical cases involving civil, criminal, economic, marine and administrative ones discussed and adopted by the Judicial Committee of the Supreme People's Court. The authoritative print edition and can be cited in the judicial documents and court decisions.

You will find laws, regulations, a description of the judicial system and information on the judges who sit on this court. Includes the information formally published as Laws and Regulations of the People's Republic of China.