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Official blog from the Law Library of Congress
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Constitution
- International Constitutional Law: China (external link) (University of Wuerzberg, International Constitutional Law) offers English translations of the 2004 Constitution, the 1979 Declaration of Human Rights, and Background Note
- Constitution Finder (external link) (University of Richmond T.C. Williams School of Law) in English and Spanish
Executive
- Government (external link) (central government website)
- China Government Resources (external link) (ABA)
- Legislative Affairs Office of the State Council (external link)
Judicial
- COURTS: Supreme People's Court (external link)
- PROCURATORATE (external link)
- 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]
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] (Laws)
- Zhongua Renmin Gongheguo Guowuyuan Gongbao [Gazette of the State Council of the People's Republic of China] (external link) (Administrative Regulations and Rules)
- PARLIAMENT: National People's Congress
- NATLEX: China (external link) (International Labour Organization) database of national laws on labor, social security and related human rights
- China Law Sources: Primary Sources (external link): (Yale Law School)
Legal Guides
- Global Legal Information Catalog: China (Law Library of Congress) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
- Global Legal Monitor: China (Law Library of Congress)
- Legal Research Guide: China (Law Library of Congress)
- Multinational Reference (Law Library of Congress)
- American Bar Association Section on International Law: China Committee (external link)
- China Law Blog (external link) (Harris & Moure)
- China Law Center (external link) (Yale Law School)
- China Law Digest (external link) (Xiaoping Chen, editor)
- China Law Info (external link) - subscription required
- China Law Resources (external link) (Yale Law School)
- Chinese Civil Law Network (external link) (Babelcom)
- Chinese Law Prof Blog (external link) (Donald Clarke, editor)
- Chinese Law Resources (external link) (Donald Clarke, George Washington University Law School) includes a list of research guides (external link)
- Chinese Legal Research (external link) (University of Washington School of Law, Gallagher Law Library)
- Finding Chinese Law on the Internet (external link) (Joan Liu, via GlobaLex)
- FindLaw: China (external link) (FindLaw)
- ForIntLaw: China (external link) (Washburn University Law Library)
- Guide to Foreign and International Legal Databases: China (external link) (New York University Law Library)
- Internet Chinese Legal Research Center (external link) (Washington University in St. Louis Law Library)
- Internet Guide for Chinese Studies - Law (external link) (Heidelberg University, Institute of Chinese Studies)
- Judicial Assistance: China (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Judicial Information of the People's Republic of China: A Survey (external link) (Zhai Jianxiong, via LLRX)
- Online Chinese Law Journals Available at the University of Washington (external link) (University of Washington Law Library)
- Web Guide to Free Legal and Compliance Resources on the Asia Pacific Region (external link) (Jane Macoustra via LLRX)
- World Legal Information Institute: China (external link) (WorldLII)
- World Legal Materials from Asia: China (external link) (Cornell Legal Information Institute)
General Sources
- Country Profile: China (Library of Congress) February 2005; PDF
- Country Study: China (Library of Congress) July 1987
- Places in the News: China (Library of Congress)
- Background Note: China (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Bureau of International Labor Affairs: ILAB in China (U.S. Dept. of Labor)
- 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 Reports on Human Rights Practices: China (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Economic Briefing: China (external link) (The Economist)
- Embassy of China, Washington (external link)
- Human Rights in China (external link) (Amnesty International)
- International Religious Freedom Reports: China (U.S. Dept. of State)
- NATIONAL LIBRARY: National Library of China (English) (external link); see also National Library of China (Chinese) (external link)
- NEWS: China Daily (external link); China Today: Law and Justice (external link); Legal System Daily (external link); People's Daily (external link) (official source)
- U.S. Embassy, Beijing (U.S. Dept. of State)
- World Factbook: China (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
- World Hunger: China (external link) (World Food Programme)
- Yahoo: China (external link)
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Last Updated: 08/07/2012
