Constitutional Executive Branch Judiciary Legislatures Legal Guides Other Sources (includes LC Portals: China / Tibet

CONSTITUTIONAL RESOURCES

• International Constitutional Law: China (University of Wuerzberg, International Constitutional Law) offers English translations of the 2004 Constitution, the 1979 Declaration of Human Rights, and background notes
• Constitution Finder: China (University of Richmond T.C. Williams School of Law) in English and Spanish

EXECUTIVE ARM

• Government
• Ministries of the State Council (often bilingual):
• MOFTEC (Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation)
• NEPA (National Environmental Protection Agency)
• CIETAC (China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission)
• MII (Ministry of Information Industry)
• SAFE (State Administration of Foreign Exchange)

COURTS AND JUDICIARY

• COURTS: Supreme People's Court
• CHINALAW WEB: Reported Cases from the People's Republic of China (China Law Society & the University of Maryland School of Law)
• PUBLICATIONS:
• Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo Zuigao Renmin Fayuan Gongbao [Gazette of the Supreme People's Court of the People's Republic of China
• Zhongua Renmin Gongheguo Zuigao Renmin Jianchayuan Gongbao [Gazette of the Supreme People's Procuratorate of the People's Republic of China]

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LEGISLATIVE

• OFFICIAL GAZETTES:
  • Zhongua Renmin Gongheguo Quanguo Renmin Daibiao Dahui Changwu Weiyuanhui Gongbao [Gazette of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China]
  • Zhongua Renmin Gongheguo Guowuyuan Gongbao [Gazette of the State Council of the People's Republic of China]
• PARLIAMENT: National People's Congress
• ChinaLaw Web: Laws and Regulations of the PRC (China Law Society & the University of Maryland School of Law)
• E-Transaction Law Resources: China (Baker & McKenzie)
• Emergency Law Database: China (Queen's University at Belfast, Centre for International and Comparative Human Rights) offers English translations of legislation, court decisions, and other documents
• NATLEX: China (International Labour Organisation) database of national laws on labor, social security and related human rights

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LEGAL GUIDES AND MISCELLANEOUS

• GUIDE: Multinational Reference (Law )
• Multinational Collections Database: China (Law ) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
• ChinaLaw Information Service (Peking University) - in Chinese
• ChinaLaw Web (China Law Society/University of Maryland School of Law)
• Chinese Legal Research (University of Washington School of Law, Gallagher Law Library)
• Finding Chinese Law on the Internet (Joan Liu, via GlobaLex) February 2005
• FindLaw: China (FindLaw)
• ForIntLaw: China (Washburn University Law Library)
• Guide to Foreign and International Legal Databases: China (New York University Law Library)
• Internet Chinese Legal Research Center (Washington University Law Library)
• Internet Guide for Chinese Studies - Law (Heidelberg University, Institute of Chinese Studies)
• COURTS AND JUDICIARY Assistance: China (U.S. Dept. of State)
• COURTS AND JUDICIARY Information of the People's Republic of China: A Survey (Zhai Jianxiong, via LLRX) October 1, 2002
• JURIST: China (University of Pittsburgh School of Law)
• Update to Beyond the Border: the Construction of the Chinese Legal Information System in Cyberspace (Joan Liu, LLRX) April 2, 2001; updates previous July 5, 2000 edition
• Web Guide to Free Legal and Compliance Resources on the Asia Pacific Region (Jane Macoustra via LLRX) June 3, 2002; includes China, People's Republic
• World Law Index: China (Australasian Legal Information Institute)
• World Legal Materials from Asia: China (Cornell Legal Information Institute)

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GENERAL SOURCES

• Country Profile: China () February 2005; PDF
• Country Study: China () July 1987
• Portals to the World: China ()
• Portals to the World: Tibet ()
• Background Notes: China (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: China (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
• Consular Information Sheet: China (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Country Information: China (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Country Profile of China (U.S. Dept. of Labor) excerpt from By The Sweat and Toil of Children: A Report to Congress, Volume I (July 15, 1994)
• Country Reports on Economic Policy and Trade Practices, 1993-2001 (U.S. Dept. of State) see reporters listed under East Asia and the Pacific
• Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: China (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Economic Briefing: China (The Economist)
• Embassy of China, Washington
• Governments on the WWW: China, People's Republic of (Gunnar Anzinger)
• Human Rights in China (Amnesty International)
• International Religious Freedom Annual Reports: China (U.S. Dept. of State)
• NATIONAL LIBRARY: National Library of China (English); see also National Library of China (Chinese) with GB-compatible Chinese software
• NEWS: China Daily (in English); Legal System Daily (Fazhi Ribao); People's Daily (Renmin Ribao) (official source)
• U.S. Embassy, Beijing (U.S. Dept. of State)
• World Factbook: China (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
• World Hunger: China (World Food Programme)
• WWW DIRECTORIES / PORTALS: China (Google); China (Yahoo); WWW-VL Asian Studies: China (Heidelberg University)