Welcome to the list of China Law databases. I compiled this list for my students, and released it to the public towards the end of my stay in Germany.
As of today (16 September) the list comprises 45 databases and websites in English and Chinese. I keep adding new entries to it as I find out about new databases. Drop me a line if you would like to contribute one or two entries.
Asia Legal Information Institute
LawInfoChina (produced by ChinaLawInfo)
The most authoritative database of Chinese legal information in English, Lawinfochina offers high-quality English-language versions of Chinese legal information. Laws, regulations, cases, legal news and forums are brought together in a powerful and relevant database tailored specifically to the needs of global organizations that need to understand the Chinese legal landscape. Lawinfochina features an easy-to-use English interface and the ability to search in English or Chinese. LawInfoChina covers:
Laws & Regulations:
- A broad selection of China's most important national and local laws and regulations as well as judicial interpretations issued by the Supreme People's Court
- Organized into 71 legal subjects ranging from family law to technology contracts
- Contains well over 5,000 full-text English translations of Chinese legislation
Cases
Upwards of 500 English translations of typical judicial decisions approved and published by the Supreme People's Court or the Supreme People's Procuratorate
Legal News
Contains the full-text of all news articles since 2000 to the present
Gazettes
Contains regulations and documents related to the legislative history of regulations, such as interpretations, reports, deliberations, speeches, circulars, notices and so forth
Law Journals
Allows you to search or browse the table of contents of leading Chinese Law Journals in Chinese and in some cases in both English and Chinese
China IT Law
CLASS - China Legal Access
Bilingual database. Subscription needed. Offers legal documents and policies on:
* Accounting Affairs
* Agriculture and Countryside
* Business & Corporate
* Classical Cases
* Constitution
* Contract Management
* Criminal Law
* Customs and maritime affairs
* Environmental Law
* Finance; Banking and Insurance
* Foreign Affairs
* Foreign Capital Management
* Foreign Exchange Management
* General Regulations
* Goods Inspection
* Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan
* Hygiene Health Medicine
* Immigration
* Intellectual Property
* International Arbitration
* International Trade law
* Labor & employment
* Military management
* Nationality and Civil Administration
* Population and Family Planning
* Postal Service and Telecommunications
* Procedure Law
* Property & Architecture
* Quality and Standards
* Regional Policies & Regulations
* Resources & Environment Protection
* Science, Education and Culture
* Security Management
* Special Economic Zones
* Tax Management
* Trade & Commerce Management
* Traffic and Transportation
EPA Environmental Law Initiative
Intellectual Property Protection in China
Leggi Cinesi (laws and regulations in English)
Imperial codes (Tang, Ming and Qing dynasties), constitutional, civil, criminal, criminal procedure, civil procedure, marriage, commercial, international trade law, intellectual property, finance and taxation, labour, telecommunications, internet, tourism, transportation, environment, health, energy
Lehman, Lee & Xu Resource Centre
Administrative, public, agriculture law, arbitration law, banking law, civil law, commercial law, communications and media law, company law, constitutional law, construction law, criminal law, e-commerce, electoral law, energy law, environmental law, health law, human rights, insurance law, intellectual property law, labour law, litigation and court procedure, mining law, tax law, transport and maritime law
Novex Database(alphabetical order)
- Administrative Law (7 resources)
- Agriculture Law (5 resources)
- Constitutional Law (8 resources)
- Environmental Law (8 resources)
- Intellectual Property Law (9 resources)
- Maritime and Transport Law (3 resources)
- Sport Law (4 resources)
National People's Congress Legal Database
State laws, administrative regulations, judicial interpretations
Supreme People's Court of the PRC Legal Database
Laws and judicial interpretations
Supreme People's Procuratorate of the PRC Legal Database
Procuratorial interpretations and normative documents
Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Chinese Communist Party
Baidu Falü 百度法律
Beida Fayi 北达法意
Central and local laws, administrative regulations, judicial interpretations, military laws and regulations, international treatises, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan legislation.
One of the most authoritative legal databases
ChinaLawInfo offers online access to deep archives going back to 1949, encompassing Chinese law from the Central to local levels comprehensively. Special sections deal with Tax Law, World Trade Organization treaties, and other areas of specialized interest. Updated daily, users will find all the laws and administrative regultions, ministerial rules, judicial interpretations of the Supreme People´s Court and the Supreme People´s Procuratorate.
Areas of coverage include:
- Law, Regulations, Ministerial Rules and Judicial Interpretations
- Local Regulations and Rules
- Judicial Cases from the Gazette of the Supreme People´s Court
- Selected Court Judgments
- Commentaries on Classic Cases
- Arbitration Awards and Cases
- China-related Treaties
- Foreign and international laws
- Interpretations of statutory provisions
- Model contracts and legal documents
- Academic documents of law
- Legislative background materials
- ChinaLawInfo practitioner´s guide, legal course and more
A very informative site on legal aid in China.
China Legal Information Centre
Constitutional, central, local, finance, taxation, securities, real estate, construction, customs, foreign trade, agriculture, commercial, state enterprises, IPRs, administrative, Macao, Hong Kong, Taiwan, mediation, civil, criminal, etc.
China Maritime Trial 中国海事审判网
China Work Injury Compensation 中国工伤损害赔偿网
Website maintained by the Beijing Yilian Research Institute for Legal Aid and Labour Law. It contains a small database listing 740 pieces of legislation on work injuries, physical damage, accident compensation, compensation for victims of medical accidents, job-related illnesses.
Civil Law 中国民商法律网
Contract Law 合同法律服务网
Construction Law - 福建建筑法律服务网
Provincial legislation on construction - Fujian province
Criminal Law 中国刑事法律网
Difang lifawang 地方立法网
Local laws
Central and local laws
Intellectual Property Rights 中华人民共和国知识产权局
Falü Tushuguan 法律图书馆
Draft laws, explanations, central laws, local laws, administrative regulations
Prison LawLegal database of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security
Property Rights 物权法
Yifatong 亿法通
Laws, administrative regulations, local laws, treaties, judicial and procuratorial interpretations
Zhongguo Baohu Zhishi Chanquanwang 中国保护知识产权网
Zhongguo Falü Daquan 中国法律大全
Constitutional, civil, criminal, administrative, anti-corruption, environmental protection, labour, tobacco industry, SARS, economy, health, maritime, IPRs, news, cultural relics, religion, fiscal, real estate, transportation, etc.
Zhongguo Falüwang 中国法律网
Constitutional, civil, criminal, environment, transportation, economy, labour, maritime, cultural relics, finance and taxation, tobacco, real estate, etc.
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