Institutions of Democratic Governance
Urging China’s President Xi To Stop State-Sponsored Human Rights Abuses
September 18, 2015
| Hearing
China in 1989 and 2015: Tiananmen, Human Rights, and Democracy
June 3, 2015
| Hearing
Supreme Court Draft Interpretation Clarifies Environmental Public Interest Litigation
November 25, 2014
| Commission Analysis
Xi’s Anticorruption Drive: Trials for Transparency Advocates, New Rules for Officials
February 21, 2014
| Commission Analysis
Corruption in China Today: Consequences for Governance, Human Rights, and Commercial Rule of Law
November 21, 2013
| Roundtable
Combating Corruption in China: Advances and Problems and Suppression of Advocates
November 20, 2013
| Commission Analysis
Officials Detain Xu Zhiyong Amidst a Crackdown on Individuals Calling for Greater Government Accountability
August 1, 2013
| Commission Analysis
Anti-Discrimination NGO Wins Lawsuit Against Hotel in "Stability Maintenance" Case
May 3, 2013
| Commission Analysis
State Council Work Rules (Chinese Text)
March 23, 2013
| PRC Legal Provision
Authorities Issue Circular To Promote Environmental Information Disclosure
February 4, 2013
| Commission Analysis
Democracy Advocate Cao Haibo Sentenced to Eight Years for Subversion
December 4, 2012
| Commission Analysis
Communist Party Holds Significant Party Congress In November, Selects Top Leaders
November 7, 2012
| Commission Analysis
Civil Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China (Chinese Text)
August 31, 2012
| PRC Legal Provision
Regulations Regarding Official Document Management Work by Party and Government Institutions (Chinese Text)
July 1, 2012
| PRC Legal Provision
Zhu Yufu Case: Application of Inciting Subversion Provisions Fell Short of International Standards
March 23, 2012
| Commission Analysis
Authorities Sentence Chen Wei to 9 Years for Posting Pro-Democracy Essays
December 23, 2011
| Commission Analysis
Officials Discourage and Prevent "Independent Candidates" From Getting on Official Ballots in Local People's Congress Elections
December 23, 2011
| Commission Analysis
China's White Paper on Corruption and Official Anti-Corruption Efforts
December 14, 2011
| Commission Analysis
2011 Crackdown Update: Ding Mao, Chen Wei, and Ran Yunfei
November 15, 2011
| Commission Analysis
Administrative Coercion Law of the People's Republic of China (Chinese Text)
June 30, 2011
| PRC Legal Provision
Authorities Censor Access to Information on Middle East and Chinese "Jasmine" Protests
March 22, 2011
| Commission Analysis
Authorities Reportedly Beat, Detain, and Threaten Foreign Journalists Covering "Jasmine Revolution"
March 22, 2011
| Commission Analysis
New Provisions Impose Stronger Requirements on Officials for Reporting Personal Assets
November 5, 2010
| Commission Analysis
Administrative Supervision Law of the People's Republic of China (Chinese Text)
June 25, 2010
| PRC Legal Provision
Election Law of the National People's Congress and the Various Levels of Local People's Congresses of the People's Republic of China (Chinese Text)
March 14, 2010
| PRC Legal Provision
Liu Xiaobo Appeals Sentence; Official Abuses Mar Case From Outset
January 21, 2010
| Commission Analysis
Jiangsu Court Affirms 10-Year Sentence of Guo Quan for Organizing Political Party Online
January 21, 2010
| Commission Analysis
Beijing Court Sentences Liu Xiaobo to 11 Years
January 5, 2010
| Commission Analysis
Tort Law of the People's Republic of China (Chinese Text)
December 26, 2009
| PRC Legal Provision
Prosecutors Indict Liu Xiaobo; Trial To Take Place December 23
December 22, 2009
| Commission Analysis
Beijing Police Transfer Liu Xiaobo's Case to Prosecutors
December 9, 2009
| Commission Analysis
China's Responses at the UN Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review
July 2, 2009
| Commission Analysis
What 'Democracy' Means in China After 30 Years of Reform
May 22, 2009
| Roundtable
Emergency Response Law of the People's Republic of China (Chinese Text)
August 30, 2007
| PRC Legal Provision
Implementing Regulations for the Administrative Reconsideration Law of the People's Republic of China (Chinese Text)
May 27, 2007
| PRC Legal Provision
Regulations on Open Government Information of the People's Republic of China (Chinese and English Text)
April 5, 2007
| PRC Legal Provision
Party Uses Journalists, Artists, Academics To Promote "Harmonious Society"
December 8, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Beijing PSB Officials Hold AIDS Activist Wan Yanhai, Cancel AIDS Conference
December 8, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Local Officials' Dereliction of Duty Linked to Environmental Incidents
December 8, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Local Authorities Interfere With Rights To Vote and Stand for Election
December 8, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Senior Official Acknowledges Role of Police Abuses in Wrongful Convictions
December 8, 2006
| Commission Analysis
NPCSC, People's Bank of China Pass New Regulations on Money Laundering
December 8, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Authorities Release One 1989 Tiananmen Democracy Protestor, Detain Another
November 28, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Authorities in Jiangsu Arrest Writer Yang Tianshui on Suspicion of Subversion
November 28, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Release Date Approaches for Imprisoned Tiananmen Protester Yu Dongyue
November 28, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Authorities Release One China Democracy Party Leader, Detain Another Member
November 28, 2006
| Commission Analysis
MPS Revises Internal Procedures To Conform With Public Security Administration Law
November 3, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Central Government To Punish Local Officials for Protecting Polluters
November 3, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Supreme People's Court Limits News Media Coverage of Court Cases
November 3, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Official Discloses Use of Mass Roundups During NPC, CPPCC Sessions
October 4, 2006
| Commission Analysis
To Address Social Unrest, Government Strengthens Police Role In Responding to Citizen Petitions
October 4, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Central Circular Orders Party-Led Campaign on Enforcing Judicial Decisions
October 4, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Party Experiments With Limited Public Participation in Selecting Local Officials
October 4, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Party Calls for Stronger National Consultative Body To Enhance Party Governance
October 4, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Communist Party, State Council Set Rural Reform Goals for 2006
October 4, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Lack of Legal Status Limits Rural Cooperative Organizations
October 4, 2006
| Commission Analysis
State Council Newspaper Criticizes Lack of Migrant Representation in Shanghai LPC
October 4, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Communist Party, State Council Order Stronger Controls Over Society
October 4, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Authorities Accuse Rights Defender Guo Feixiong of Illegally Operating a Business
October 3, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Health Ministry Criticizes Hospitals Failing To Report Disease-Related Deaths
October 3, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Communist Party Adds Tibetan Affairs Bureau to the United Front Work Department
October 3, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Education Ministry Officials in Guangming Daily: "Firmly Grasp the Initiative in Online Political Ideological Education"
September 22, 2006
| Commission Analysis
GAPP Head: News and Publishing Must Be Marxist, Led by the Communist Party
September 22, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Human Rights and Rule of Law in China
September 20, 2006
| Hearing
Authorities Arrest and Imprison Writers for Online Essays Criticizing Government
September 8, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Supreme People's Procuratorate Details New Efforts to Prosecute Abuses of Power
September 7, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Government Shuts Down Web Site; Chinese Scholars and Activists Respond
September 5, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Senior Communist Party Official Urges Party to Increase Control Over Chinese Citizens' Ideology
September 1, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Local Legislative Election Cycle for 2006-2007 Begins Under Strict Party Controls
August 31, 2006
| Commission Analysis
State Council Amends Education Law, Bans Arbitrary Fees
August 31, 2006
| Commission Analysis
State-Run Media Highlight Human Rights Abuses and Deaths While in Police Custody
July 31, 2006
| Commission Analysis
New Party Campaign on Morals Reaches Religious Communities
July 25, 2006
| Commission Analysis
State Council Circular Establishes Emergency Response Office
June 5, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Activists, Lawyers Denounce Results Of Taishi LPC Election
June 1, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Political Change in China? Public Participation and Local Governance Reforms
May 15, 2006
| Roundtable
China Democracy Party Member Tong Shidong Released
April 3, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Party Officials: Social Instability Not Serious, Party Campaigns Will Solve
March 31, 2006
| Commission Analysis
State Council Report On Democratic Governance Emphasizes Communist Party Control
March 31, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Chongqing Court Rejects Xu Wanping Appeal
March 29, 2006
| Commission Analysis
HRIC: Activist Zhao Changqing Subject to Abuse by Prison Officials, Inmates
March 1, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Release Date Approaches for Imprisoned China Democracy Party Member Tong Shidong
March 1, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Central Government Deliberates on New Law to Restrain Administrative Actions
February 8, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Limited Political Reforms in One Zhejiang County Help Check Local Abuses
January 30, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Ministry of Public Security Reports Rise in Public Order Disturbances in 2005
January 30, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Jilin Provincial Government Will Allow Citizens To Challenge Internal Regulations
December 8, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Ministry Proposes Revisions to the Laws on Villagers and Residents Committees
December 6, 2005
| Commission Analysis
NPC Members Suggest Public Hearings on Draft Laws of Public Interest
December 1, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Senior Official Claims Foreign Newspapers Raise Threat of Color Revolution in China
December 1, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Guangzhou Officials Formally Arrest Rural Activist Guo Feixiong
November 20, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Anhui Province Expands Merger of Party and Government Posts
October 27, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Ministry of Information Industry Launches Campaign to Censor Cell Phone Short Messaging Systems
October 26, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Local Officials Suppress Citizen Effort to Remove Village Committee Head in Guangdong Province
October 26, 2005
| Commission Analysis
MFA Spokesperson Criticizes Foreign Reporters Covering Taishi Village Protests
October 26, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Local People's Congress Representative, Journalists Beaten While Covering Taishi Village Incident
October 26, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Xinjiang Government Notes Rise in Popular Awareness of Legal Rights
October 26, 2005
| Commission Analysis
China to Discuss Resuming Human Rights Talks with United States
October 25, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Central Party and Government Officials Praise Gansu for Banning Over 10,000 Books and Periodicals, Some for Having "Political Problems"
September 20, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Government and Communist Party Move to Increase Regulation of Reporters and Editors
September 13, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Authorities Arrest Xu Zhengqing, Loosen Restrictions on Other Activists Following Conclusion of Zhao Ziyang Funeral
September 7, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Former Suzhou Vice Mayor to Be Prosecuted for Corruption
September 6, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Defense Counsel Wonders: Why is the Party Spirit of Corrupt Officials Stronger than their Legal Consciousness? (in Chinese)
September 6, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Press Report: How Will the Chinese Government End the Era of High-Stakes Gambling?
September 6, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Public Security Officials Detain, Search BBC TV Crew Attempting to Report on Village Protests
September 6, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Citizens Petition NPC Standing Committee for Review of Conflicting Legal Provisions on Marriage Registration
August 31, 2005
| Commission Analysis
People's Daily Publishes Adaptation of Cohen Statement at CECC Hearing
August 29, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Party and Government Bodies Detail Early 2005 Anti-Corruption Work
August 29, 2005
| Commission Analysis
40 Percent of New Civil Service Positions "In Theory" Reserved for Ethnic Minorities in One Xinjiang Prefecture
August 17, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Senior Chinese Officials Acknowledge Rising Social Unrest, But Rule Out Political Liberalization
August 1, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Township Authorities Ban Magazine
August 1, 2005
| Commission Analysis
State Ethnic Affairs Commission Stresses Need to Increase Transparency in Work
August 1, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Guangdong Province Institutes Electoral Observer System for Village Elections
August 1, 2005
| Commission Analysis
State Council Orders Issuance of Government Information Disclosure Regulation
July 29, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Media Summary: Chinese Authorities Crack Down on Dissent in Run-up to the 4th Plenary of the 16th Central Committee of the Communist Party
July 15, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Xinhua Editor's Discussion of "Public Opinion Supervision" Illustrates Government's Approach to Censorship
July 1, 2005
| Commission Analysis
People's Daily Editorial Calls on News Media to Strengthen "Supervision" of Public Opinion
July 1, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Limited Political Reforms in Zhejiang County Encounter Local Opposition
July 1, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Communist Party and Government Officials Manipulate "Public Opinion" on the Internet
June 27, 2005
| Commission Analysis
SARFT Official Expresses Concerns about Television Hosts' "Political Quality"
June 27, 2005
| Commission Analysis
People's Daily Editorial Stresses That Communist Party Must Control Media and Guide Public Opinion
June 10, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Communist Party Calls for Increased Control of Mass Media, Especially the Internet
June 7, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Editorial Challenging Dalian Anti-Begging Regulation Raises Broader Questions About China's Legal System
May 31, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Migrants Elected to Shenzhen People's Congress, Suggests Heightened Attention to Migrant Rights
May 26, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Government Cancels Conference on Constitutionalism and Democracy
May 24, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Sichuan Communist Party Officials Introduce Internal Party Reforms
April 20, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Hubei Government Plans to Abolish Township Level Consultative Congresses, Reduce Size of Township Government
April 5, 2005
| Commission Analysis
NPC and CPPCC To Address Anti-Secession Law, Military Commission Appointments, Next Five-Year Plan
March 2, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Upcoming NPC Plenary Prompts Official Repression of Petitioners
March 2, 2005
| Commission Analysis
China Economic Times: Assets Reporting System for Civil Servants Needed
February 22, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Law and Life Magazine: Chinese Lawyers Step Up Efforts to Implement Constitutional Rights
February 18, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Private Rural Organizations Pose Challenge to Chinese Authorities
February 17, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Ministry of Civil Affairs Official Suggests Need for Revisions to Law Governing Village Committees
February 11, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Local Chinese Legislature Mounts Effort to Intervene in Court Case
February 10, 2005
| Commission Analysis
"Dual Training and Initiative" Campaign in Gansu Called Innovative Way to Implement Jiang's "3 Represents" Theory
February 7, 2005
| Commission Analysis
New Draft Amendments to Residents Committees Law Generates Criticism and Commentary
January 18, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Public Performance Reviews Prompt Self-Promotion by Government Agencies
December 20, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Local Government Reforms Lead to Unsettling Merger of Party And Government Posts
December 20, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Beijing Mayor Requires Public Accessibility of Government Directives
December 16, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Authorities Consider Amendments to the Organic Law of People's Courts
December 6, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Anhui Establishes Legal Review For Internal Government Directives
November 22, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Media Summary: U.S. and Asian Newspapers Analyze Recent Unrest in China (Last Updated Nov. 17)
November 22, 2004
| Commission Analysis
16 Years After Civil Society Experiment, One Chinese City Government is Larger Than Ever
November 19, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Shanghai Initiates Civil Society Reforms, Attempts to Regularize Public Institutions
November 19, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Evicted Farmers Sue the Ministry of Land and Resources After More Than Two Years of Fruitless Appeals
November 19, 2004
| Commission Analysis
State Council Releases Text of New Land Management Circular
November 19, 2004
| Commission Analysis
China Daily Commentary Decries Unlawful Local Government Decrees
November 17, 2004
| Commission Analysis
China Youth Daily: Cai Dingjian Thinks the PRC Elections Law Still has Room for Improvement (story in Chinese)
November 12, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Two Political Prisoners Reported to be in Ill Health in Prison
November 2, 2004
| Commission Analysis
China Implements Incremental Electoral Reforms (Story in Chinese)
November 1, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Electoral Reforms In Sichuan Aid Populist Local Official
October 27, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Organic Law of the Local People's Congresses and Local People's Governments of the PRC (Chinese and English Text)
October 27, 2004
| PRC Legal Provision
New Regulations Muzzle Party Members (story in Chinese)
October 25, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Legislative Developments: NPC Standing Committee Slated to Discuss Draft Laws on Property, Public Order, and Bankruptcy
October 22, 2004
| Commission Analysis
RFA Reports Jiang Yanyong Continues to be Subject to Surveillance and Restrictions
October 18, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Localities Experimenting With More Open Methods of Selecting Officials
October 14, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Audit Bureau Issues Data from Survey on Government Responses to a 2003 Audit Report
October 13, 2004
| Commission Analysis
China Drafting Government Affairs Freedom of Information Law, Journalists Can Compel Government Disclosure in Draft Law (story in Chinese)
October 12, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Land Seizures Fueling Unrest in China, Party Responds by Prohibiting Domestic Media Reports
October 12, 2004
| Commission Analysis
RSF Reports Chinese Court has Sentenced Internet Writers Kong Youping and Ning Xianhua
October 4, 2004
| Commission Analysis
What is the Root Cause of the Crowds of Party and Government Bosses Turning to Corruption? (story in Chinese)
October 1, 2004
| Commission Analysis
China's Leaders Warn of Corruption
September 27, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Corruption Expert Asks: Can an Inheritance Tax be a Weapon against Corruption?
September 27, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Announcement of the Fourth Plenary of the Central Disciplinary Inspection Commission (CDIC) of the Party (story in Chinese)
September 27, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Dissident Fang Jue on the Fourth Plenary Meeting of the 16th Communist Party Congress: Accelerating China's Development, Reform, and Opening (remarks in Chinese)
September 27, 2004
| Commission Analysis
CASS Scholar Yu Jianrong on Shift in Focus of Peasant Activism from Taxes to Property Rights
September 20, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Xinhua Reports that the Chinese Supreme Court is Emphasizing the Connection between Financial Fraud and Official Corruption (story in Chinese)
September 20, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Xinhua Editorial Emphasizes the Press Must be Allowed to Supervise the Party, Provided it Does so for the Benefit of the Party (story in Chinese)
September 20, 2004
| Commission Analysis
China Youth Daily Questions High Cost of PLA Commemoration in Poor City (subscription-only)
September 15, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Guardian Reports that Beijing Plans to Trim its Olympic Excesses
September 15, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Communist Party's September Plenum to Focus on Internal Reform, but not Political Reform (subscription-only)
September 15, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Guangdong Farmers Clash With Police, Take Official Hostage
September 1, 2004
| Commission Analysis
15 Years After Tiananmen: Is Democracy in China's Future?
June 3, 2004
| Hearing
Village Elections in China
July 8, 2002
| Roundtable
Regulation Regarding Procedures for the Formulation of Administrative Ordinances (Chinese and English Text)
November 16, 2001
| PRC Legal Provision
Legislation Law of the People's Republic of China (Chinese and English Text)
March 15, 2000
| PRC Legal Provision
Administrative Reconsideration Law of the People's Republic of China (Chinese and English Text)
April 29, 1999
| PRC Legal Provision
Organic Law of the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China
December 10, 1982
| PRC Legal Provision
Organic Law of the State Council of the People's Republic of China
December 10, 1982
| PRC Legal Provision
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