Document Number : Order No. 79 of the President of the People’s Republic of China
Area of Law : Maritime Transport
Level of Authority : Laws
Date issued : 04-29-2021
Effective Date : 09-01-2021
Issuing Authority : Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress
Status : Not Yet Effective
Order of the President of the People’s Republic of China (No. 79)
The Maritime Traffic Safety Law of the People’s Republic of China , as revised and adopted at the
28th session of the Standing Committee of the Thirteenth National People’s Congress of the People’s
Republic of China on April 29, 2021, is hereby issued, and shall come into force on September 1,
2021.
Xi Jinping, President of the People’s Republic of China
April 29, 2021
Maritime Traffic Safety Law of the People’s Republic of China
(Adopted at the Second Session of the Standing Committee of the Sixth National People’s Congress
on September 2, 1983; amended in accordance with the Decision of the Standing Committee of the
National People’s Congress on Amending Twelve Laws Including the Foreign Trade Law of the
People’s Republic of China at the 24th Session of the Standing Committee of the Twelfth National
People’s Congress on November 7, 2016; and revised at the 28th session of the Standing Committee
of the Thirteenth National People’s Congress on April 29, 2021.
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