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I. Governance
1. Self Governance
PDF summary (English; 392kb)
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- Decision of the State Council Regarding the Guarantee of the Equality of Rights of Minorities Living in Dispersed Communities (Chinese; 173kb)
- Report of the State Ethnic Affairs Commission on Strengthening Ethnic Minority Work in Areas Where Minorities are Commingled
- Constitution of the People’s Republic of China (Chinese; 290kb)
- Law of the People’s Republic of China on the Autonomy of Ethnic Areas (Chinese; 243kb)
- Certain Provisions of the State Council on the Implementation of the Law of the People’s Republic of China on the Autonomy of Ethnic Areas (Chinese; 350kb)
- Regulations on the Work on Urban Ethnic Groups (Chinese; 186kb)
- Regulations on the Administrative Work on Ethnic Villages (Chinese; 181kb)
- Regulations of the Tibet Autonomous Region on Legislation (Chinese; 191kb)
- Regulations on the Formulation of Local Laws by Lhasa Municipality (Chinese; 192kb)
- Certain Provisions of Gansu Province on the Implementation of the Law on the Autonomy of Ethnic Areas (Chinese; 570kb)
- Autonomy Regulations of Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Gansu Province (Chinese; 242kb)
- Autonomy Regulations of Tianzhu Tibetan Autonomous County of Gansu Province (Chinese; 212kb)
- Autonomy Regulations of Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (Chinese; 613kb)
- Autonomy Regulations of Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (Chinese; 655kb)
- Autonomy Regulations of Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (Chinese; 828kb)
- Autonomy Regulations of Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (Chinese; 713kb)
- Autonomy Regulations of Guoluo Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (Chinese; 719kb)
- Autonomy Regulations of the Haixi Mongolian and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (Chinese; 691kb)
- Certain Provisions of Sichuan Province on the Implementation of the Law on the Autonomy of Ethnic Areas (Chinese; 197kb)
- Autonomy Regulations of Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (Chinese; 825kb)
- Autonomy Regulations of A Ba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture (Chinese; 788kb)
- Autonomy Regulations of Muli Tibetan Autonomous County (Chinese; 847kb)
2. Local Executive
PDF summary (English; 43kb)
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- Proposal on the Distribution of Quotas for Minority Representatives on the Sixth National People’s Congress (Chinese; 184kb)
- Proposal on the Distribution of Quotas for Minority Representatives on the Seventh National People’s Congress (Chinese; 191kb)
- Proposal on the Distribution of Quotas for Minority Representatives on the Eighth National People’s Congress (Chinese; 190kb)
- Proposal Regarding the Allocation of Quotas for the Minority Representatives of the Ninth National People’s Congress (Chinese; 189kb)
- Proposal Regarding the Allocation of Quotas for the Minority Representatives of the Tenth National People’s Congress (Chinese; 187kb)
- Proposal Regarding the Allocation of Quotas for the Minority Representatives of the Eleventh National People’s Congress (Chinese; 170kb)
- Opinion of the Organization Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (“CPC”), the United Front Work Department of the Central Committee of the CPC and the State Ethnic Affairs Commission on Doing Better Work of Further Training and Selecting Minority Cadres (Chinese; 214kb)
- Implementing Measures of the TAR for the Law of the People’s Republic of China on the Organization of Urban Residents Committees (Chinese; 196kb)
- Detailed Rules for the Implementation of Elections of Representatives of People’s Congresses at All Levels in the Tibet Autonomous Region (Chinese; 213kb)
- Regulations of the Tibet Autonomous Region on the Work of the People’s Congresses at the Village and Township Level (Chinese; 184kb)
- Implementing Measures of the Tibet Autonomous Region for Law of the People’s Republic of China on Representatives to the National People’s Congress and to the Local People’s Congresses at Various Levels (Chinese; 187kb)
- Procedural Rules for the People’s Congress of the Tibet Autonomous Region (Chinese; 415kb)
- Measures of the Tibet Autonomous Region on Elections to Fill Vacancies of Representatives to the People’s Congresses At All Levels (Chinese; 167kb)
- Measures of the Tibet Autonomous Region Regarding the Election of Village Committees (Chinese; 207kb)
- Procedural Rules for the People’s Congress of Lhasa Municipality (Chinese; 372kb)
- Measures of Qinghai Province on the Implementation of the Law of the People’s Republic of China on the Representatives of the National People’s Congress and the People’s Congress of the Localities At All Levels (Chinese; 320kb)
- Decision of the Standing Committee of the People’s Congress of Qinghai Province on the Numbers of Representatives to the People’s Congress of Xining Municipality and of Each Autonomous Prefecture (Chinese; 150kb)
- Decision of the Standing Committee of the Yunnan Provincial People’s Congress on the Number of Members of the Standing Committees of the People’s Congresses of Certain Cities, Prefectures and 128 Counties (Chinese; 177kb)
- Decision of the Standing Committee of the Yunnan Provincial People’s Congress on the Allocation of the Number of Representatives to, and the Election for, the 10th Yunnan Provincial People’s Congress (Chinese; 108kb)
- Proposal of the Standing Committee of the Yunnan Provincial People’s Congress on the Allocation of Minority Representatives to the 10th Yunnan Provincial People’s Congress (Chinese; 161kb)
- Procedural Rules for the People’s Congress of Yunnan Province (Chinese; 535kb)
3. Police and Security
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- Regulations of Haixi Mongolian and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture on the Comprehensive Administration of Public Security (Chinese; 225kb)
- Regulations of Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture on the Comprehensive Administration of Public Security (Chinese; 206kb)
- Regulations of Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture on the Comprehensive Administration of Public Security (Chinese; 220kb)
- Regulations of Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture on the Comprehensive Administration of Public Security (Chinese; 219kb)
- Regulations of Guoluo Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture on the Comprehensive Administration of Public Security (Chinese; 149kb)
4. Protection of Rights
PDF summary (English; 48kb)
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- Decision of the State Council Regarding the Guarantee of the Equality of Rights of Minorities Living in Dispersed Communities (Chinese; 169kb)
- Notice of the Central Party Committee and the State Council Transmitting the Report of the State Ethnic Affairs Commission on Doing a Good Job of the Work for Minorities Who Live Together (in Areas) or Live in Dispersed Areas (Chinese; 215kb)
- Regulations on the Work on Urban Ethnic Groups (Chinese; 188kb)
- Notice of the State Ethnic Affairs Commission, State Economic and Trade Commission, Ministry of Public Security, State Travel Bureau and State Administration of Industry and Commerce on Correcting the Behavior of A Few Hotels in Refusing to Accommodate Minority Persons (Chinese; 185kb)
- Implementing Measures of the Tibet Autonomous Region for the Law of the People’s Republic of China on Assemblies, Processions and Demonstrations (Chinese; 173kb)
- Implementing Measures of Lhasa Municipality for the Law of the People’s Republic of China on Assemblies, Processions and Demonstrations (Chinese; 194kb)
- Implementing Measures of the Tibet Autonomous Region for the Law of the People’s Republic of China on the Protection of the Rights and Interests of Women (Chinese; 213kb)
- Implementing Measures of the Tibet Autonomous Region for the Law of the People’s Republic of China on the Protection of Minors (Chinese; 217kb)
- Implementing Measures of the Tibet Autonomous Region for the Law of the People’s Republic of China on the Protection of the Rights and Interests of Consumers (Chinese; 225kb)
- Implementing Measures of the Tibet Autonomous Region for the Law of the People’s Republic of China on the Protection of Disabled Persons (Chinese; 212kb)
- Regulations of the Tibet Autonomous Region on Letters and Visits (Chinese; 208kb)
- Decision of the Standing Committee of the TAR People’s Congress on Strongly Attacking the Illegal Activities of “Peimingjin” (Chinese; 187kb)
II. Culture
5. Education
PDF summary (English; 316kb)
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- Opinion on Strengthening Medical Education in Minority Areas (Chinese; 210kb)
- Opinion on Strengthening the Professional Skills Education of Minorities and Minority Areas (Chinese; 274kb)
- Opinion on the Recruitment of Excellent Minority Youth into Colleges and Universities (Chinese; 111kb)
- Opinion on Supporting the Poor through Education in the 143 Impoverished Minority Counties Throughout the Country (Chinese; 178kb)
- Opinion on Strengthening Minority Education in Areas Where Minorities are Commingled (Chinese; 134kb)
- Opinion on Strengthening Minority Preparatory Classes in Ordinary Colleges and Universities (Chinese; 112kb)
- Notice on Circulating the Guide on the Development of Electronic Education Systems for Minorities and in Minority Areas (Chinese;196 kb)
- Notice on Use of Uniform Textbooks for Students in Minority Preparatory Classes (Chinese; 80kb)
- Request of the State Education Commission, State Planning Commission and Ministry of Finance on Further Strengthening Education and the Work of Assisting Tibet (Chinese; 256kb)
- Notice on the Summary of a Meeting Regarding Basic Textbooks for Minority Preparatory Classes (Chinese; 388kb)
- Notice on the Recruitment by Ordinary Colleges and Universities of Students for Minority Preparatory Classes in 1998 (Chinese; 255kb)
- Notice on Implementing Recruitment Plans for Minority Classes in 1999 in 11 Universities Directly Administered by the Ministry of Education including Beijing University (Chinese; 213kb)
- Notice on Fulfilling Recruitment Plans for Minority Classes in Universities Directly Administered by the Ministry of Education (Chinese; 220kb)
- Notice on Distributing Year 2000 Recruitment Plans for Minority Preparatory Classes in Universities (Chinese; 133kb)
- Decision of the State Council on Deepening Reform and Speeding Up the Development of Education of Ethnic People (Chinese; 523kb)
- Opinion on Accelerating Professional Education Reform and Development for Minorities and Minority Areas (Chinese; 392kb)
- Measures for the Implementation of the Teachers Law of the People’s Republic of China (Chinese; 196kb)
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- Measures for the Implementation of the Law of the People’s Republic of China on Compulsory Education (Chinese; 651kb)
- Measures for the Implementation of the Law of the People’s Republic of China on Professional Education (Chinese; 363kb)
- Measures of Qinghai Province for the Implementation of the PRC Compulsory Education Law (Chinese; 341kb)
- Compulsory Education Regulations of Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (Chinese; 352kb)
- Compulsory Education Regulations of the Guoluo Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (Chinese; 811kb)
- Minority Education Regulations of the Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (Chinese; 388kb)
- Regulations of the Guoluo Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture for the Work of Eliminating Illiteracy (Chinese; 149kb)
- Regulations of Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture on Compulsory Education (Chinese; 200kb)
- Regulations of Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture on Compulsory Education (Chinese; 213kb)
- Opinion Regarding the Fulfillment of the Goals of Basically Making Nine Year Compulsory Education Universal and Eliminating Illiteracy among Youths by 2010 (the “Goals Opinion”) and the Opinion Regarding the Further Speeding Up of the Development of Education in Areas where Minorities are Commingled (the “Commingled Areas Opinion”), each issued by the Provincial Department of Education and Provincial Department of Ethnic Affairs of Sichuan Province (Chinese; 522kb)
- Supplementary Provisions of A Ba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture to Implement the Compulsory Education Regulations of Sichuan Province (Chinese; 179kb)
- Provisions of Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture for the Implementing Regulations of Sichuan Province on Compulsory Education (Chinese; 185kb)
6. Language
PDF summary (English; 190kb)
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- Notice of the State Council on the Division of Labor for the Approval and Experimental Implementation of the Proposal to Establish and Reform the Written Language of All Minorities (Chinese; 96kb)
- Report of the State Ethnic Affairs Commission and the State Publishing Bureau on Strengthening the Publication of Books in Minority Languages (Chinese; 219kb)
- Report of the State Ethnic Affairs Commission on Further Doing a Good Job in Respect of Minority Languages (Chinese; 233kb)
- Notice of the State Council Transmitting the Request of the State Language Commission on Immediate Language Work (Chinese; 404kb)
- Notice of the Ministry of Education on Pursuing Testing of Chinese in Minority Schools (Chinese; 341kb)
- Notice of the News and Publications Bureau on Issues Relating to the Publication of Minority Language Periodicals (Chinese; 172kb)
- Law of the People’s Republic of China on the Commonly Used Oral and Written Language of the State (Chinese; 264kb)
- Regulations of the Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture on Tibetan Language Work (Chinese; 231kb)
- Regulations of the Haixi Mongolian and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture on Mongolian and Tibetan Language Work (Chinese; 206kb)
- Regulations of the Guoluo Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture on Tibetan Language Work (Chinese; 192kb)
- Regulations of the Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture on Tibetan Language Work (Chinese; 198kb)
- Regulations of the Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture on Tibetan Language Work (Chinese; 230kb)
- Regulations of the Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture on Tibetan Language Work (Chinese; 201kb)
- Regulations of Yunnan Province on the Administration of Publishing (Chinese; 404kb)
7. Cultural Tradition
PDF summary (English; 138kb)
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- Notice of the Office of the State Council Transmitting the Request of the State Ethnic Affairs Commission on Saving and Organizing Ancient Minority Books (Chinese; 154kb)
- Explanation Regarding the Provisions of the Funeral Management Regulations of the State Council Relating to Respect of Minority Funeral Traditions (Chinese; 90kb)
- Regulations of the TAR on the Protection of Cultural Relics (Chinese; 810kb)
- Notice of the Office of the TAR People’s Government Transmitting the Opinion of the TAR Cultural Office Concerning Strengthening the Work of Protecting the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Our Region (Chinese; 418kb)
- Measures of the TAR for the Protection and Administration of the Potala Palace (Chinese; 248kb)
- Measures of Lhasa Municipality of the TAR for the Administration of the Public Square of the Potala Palace (Chinese; 184kb)
- Notice of the Cultural Relics Bureau of the TAR and the Tourism Bureau of the TAR Concerning Matters Relating to Visits to the Potala Palace (Chinese; 53kb)
- Regulations of Qinghai Province on the Development of Chinese, Tibetan and Mongolian Medicine (Chinese; 192kb)
- Regulations of Qinghai Province on the Development of Chinese, Tibetan and Mongolian Drugs (Chinese; 144kb)
- Regulations of the Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture on the Management of Tibetan Medicine (Chinese; 193kb)
- Regulations of the Haixi Mongolian and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture on the Protection and Management of Cultural Relics (Chinese; 260kb)
8. Family
PDF summary (English; 171kb)
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- Adapting Regulations of the TAR on the Implementation of the Marriage Law of the People's Republic of China (Chinese; 161kb)
- Measures of the TAR on the Administration of Family Planning for the Floating Population (Chinese; 316kb)
- Adapting Provisions of the TAR on the Implementation of the Adoption Law of the People’s Republic of China (Chinese; 116kb)
- Supplemental Provisions of the Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture on the Implementation of the PRC Marriage Law (Chinese; 160kb)
- Supplemental Provisions of the Hanbei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture on the Implementation of the PRC Marriage Law (Chinese; 161kb)
- Supplemental Provisions of the Huzhu Tu People Autonomous county on the Implementation of the PRC Marriage Law (Chinese; 166kb)
- Adapting Provisions of the Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture on the Implementation of the PRC Marriage Law (Chinese; 159kb)
- Supplemental Provisions of the Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture on the Implementation of the PRC Marriage Law (Chinese; 162kb)
- Adapting Provisions of the Guoluo Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture on the Implementation of the PRC Marriage Law (Chinese; 161kb)
- Adapting Provisions of the Haixi Mongolian and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Qinghai Province on the Implementation of the Age of Marriage in the PRC Marriage Law (Revised) (Chinese; 157kb)
- Regulations of Qinghai Province on Population and Family Planning (Chinese; 416kb)
- Measures of the Provincial Family Planning Commission and Provincial Financial Office of Qinghai Province to Encourage Agricultural and Pastoral Families to Have Only One Child and Minority Pastoral Workers in Pastoral Areas to Give Up Having A Third Child (Chinese; 139kb)
- Adapting Provisions of A Ba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture on the Implementation of the Inheritance Low of the People’s Republic of China (Chinese; 180kb)
- Supplemental Provisions of the Ganzu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuam Province on the Implementation of the PRC Marriage Law (Chinese; 154kb)
- Supplemental Provisions of A Ba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture on the Implementation of the PRC Marriage Law (Chinese; 169kb)
- Regulations of Sichuan Province on Population and Family Planning (Chinese; 691kb)
- Adapting Provisions of Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture to Implement the Regulations of Sichuan Province on Population and Family Planning (Chinese; 136kb)
- Adapting Provisions of A Ba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture to Implement the Regulations of Sichuan Province on Population and Family Planning (Chinese; 162kb)
9. Religion
PDF summary (English; 68kb)
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- Regulations on Religious Affairs (Chinese; 564kb)
- Interim Measures of the TAR on Religious Affairs (Chinese; 1,466kb)
- Resolution of the Third Meeting of the Sixth People’s Congress of the TAR Concerning Resolutely Opposing the Dalai Lama’s Illegal Acts of Unilaterally Declaring the Reincarnation of the Panchen Lama (Chinese; 98kb)
- Notice of the TAR People’s Government Concerning the Priority of the Interim Measures on the Administration of the Conferment of the Lharampa Geshe Degree on Religious Followers (Chinese; 181kb)
- Notice of the Office of the TAR People’s Government transmitting the Interim Provisions of the News and Publications Bureau and Other Departments of the TAR to Further Strengthen the Control of the Religious Publications Market (Chinese; 169kb)
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- Regulations of Sichuan Province on Religious Affairs (Chinese; 252kb)
III. Economy
10. Economic Rights
PDF summary (English; 295kb)
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- Law of the People’s Republic of China on the Autonomy of Ethnic Areas (the “PRC Autonomy Law”) (Chinese; 239kb)
- Certain Provisions of the State Council on the Implementation of the Law of the People’s Republic of China on the Autonomy of Ethnic Areas (Chinese; 218kb)
- Telegraphic Notice of the State Pricing Bureau, the People’s Bank of China and the Ministry of Commerce on the Price of Gold or Silver Decorative Goods Provided to Minority People (Chinese; 154kb)
- Letter of the General Office of the Ministry of Labor on Giving Special Consideration to Minority Areas in respect of Labor Matters (Chinese; 184kb)
- Provisions on the Management of Subsidies for Minority Areas (Chinese; 180kb)
- Report by the Ministry of Commerce on Certain Issues in the Further Development of Commerce in Minority Areas (Chinese; 194kb)
- Notice on the Request of the State Ethnic Affairs Commission and the Leading Team on the Economic Development of Impoverished Areas of the State Council Regarding Policy Issues in the Work of Supporting Impoverished Areas in Minority Areas (Chinese; 218kb)
- Autonomy Regulations of Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (Chinese; 228kb)
- Autonomy Regulations of Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (Chinese; 232kb)
- Autonomy Regulations of Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (Chinese; 239kb)
- Autonomy Regulations of Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (Chinese; 238kb)
- Autonomy Regulations of Guoluo Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (Chinese; 239kb)
- Autonomy Regulations of the Haixi Mongolian and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (Chinese; 232kb)
- Certain Provisions of Sichuan Province on the Implementation of the Law on the Autonomy of Ethnic Areas (Chinese; 199kb)
- Autonomy Regulations of Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (Chinese; 244kb)
- Opinion of the People’s Government of Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture on Further Promoting the Development of Non-Profit Undertakings in the Prefecture (Chinese; 192kb)
- Autonomy Regulations of A Ba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture (Chinese; 241kb)
- Notice of the People’s Government of A Ba Prefecture Concerning Distributing the Master Proposal on Accelerating the Push for the Prosperity of Citizens and the Strength of the Prefecture of A Ba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture (Chinese; 304kb)
- Implementing Measures of A Ba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture on the Guaranteed Minimum Standard of Living of Rural Residents (Chinese; 219kb)
- Autonomy Regulations of Muli Tibetan Autonomous County (Chinese; 252kb)
- Certain Provisions of Gansu Province on the Implementation of the Law on the Autonomy of Ethnic Areas (Chinese; 221kb)
- Autonomy Regulations of Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Gansu Province (Chinese; 244kb)
- Autonomy Regulations of Tianzhu Tibetan Autonomous County of Gansu Province (Chinese; 215kb)
11. Natural Resources
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A. Relevant Provisions of the Autonomy Legislation
- Regulations of Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture on the Management of Mineral Resources (Chinese; 195kb)
- Regulations of Haixi Mongolian and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture on the Management of Mineral Resources (Chinese; 189kb)
- Regulations of the Haixi Mongolian and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture on the Management of Water Resources (Chinese; 220kb)
- Regulations of Guoluo Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture on the Protection of the Ecological Environment (Chinese; 219kb)
- Regulations of A Ba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture on the Management of Mineral Resources (Chinese; 203kb)
- Regulations of Muli Tibetan Autonomous County on the Management of Mineral Resources (Chinese; 199kb)
- Regulations of Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture on the Management of Mineral Resources (Chinese; 210kb)
