(Adopted at the Second Session of the Fifth National People's Congress on July 1, 1979, promulgated by Order No.1 of the Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress on July 4, 1979 and effective as of January 1, 1980; amended for the first time in accordance with the Resolution on Revising Certain Provisions of the Organic Law of the Local People's Congresses and Local People's Governments of the People's Republic of China, adopted at the Fifth Session of the Fifth National People's Congress on December 10, 1982; amended for the second time in accordance with the Decision on Revising the Organic Law of the Local People's Congresses and Local People's Governments of the People's Republic of China, adopted at the 18th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Sixth National People's Congress on December 2, 1986; amended for the third time in accordance with the Decision on Revising the Organic Law of the Local People's Congresses and Local People's Governments of the People's Republic of China, adopted at the 12th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Eighth National People's Congress on February 28,1995; and amended for the fourth time in accordance with the Decision on Amending the Organic Law of the Local People's Congresses and Local People's Governments of the People's Republic of China adopted at 12th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Tenth National People's Congress on October 27, 2004)

Contents

Chapter I General Provisions

Chapter II Local People's Congresses at Various Levels

Chapter III The Standing Committees of Local People's Congresses at and Above the County Level

Chapter IV Local People's Governments at Various Levels

Chapter V Supplementary Provisions