Proposed Amendments to the Wildlife Protection Law of the People's Republic of China

The outbreak of COVID-2019 has focused public attention on China's wildlife-related legal regimes, such as the regulatory regime for wildlife hunting and trade and the animal epidemic prevention regime, which is complex, with the Wildlife Protection Law as the core. On February 24, the standin...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:ada82e98360443cbb485fd70b1cad0602021-11-27T08:41:35ZProposed Amendments to the Wildlife Protection Law of the People's Republic of China10.5565/rev/da.5392462-7518https://doaj.org/article/ada82e98360443cbb485fd70b1cad0602020-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://revistes.uab.cat/da/article/view/539https://doaj.org/toc/2462-7518 The outbreak of COVID-2019 has focused public attention on China's wildlife-related legal regimes, such as the regulatory regime for wildlife hunting and trade and the animal epidemic prevention regime, which is complex, with the Wildlife Protection Law as the core. On February 24, the standing committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) issued an emergency legal document, the Decision, which has the effect of banning wildlife consumption, guiding public awareness, and regulating the overall legal system, and directly initiates the revision of the Wildlife Protection Law. On 21 October 2020, the Wildlife Protection Law (draft amendment) was announced. Based on the Decision and the Draft, this paper believes that in future revisions of the Wildlife Protection Law the main focus should be on changing the form of state ownership, establishing a pluralistic protection system, increasing legal penalty, coordinating with other legislation, and concern for individual animal welfare. Lihong GaoDa SuUniversitat Autonoma de Barcelona. Facultat de DretarticleWildlife in ChinaAnimal lawEmergency legislationChina.Animal cultureSF1-1100Law in general. Comparative and uniform law. JurisprudenceK1-7720ENESDerecho Animal, Vol 11, Iss 4 (2020)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
ES
topic Wildlife in China
Animal law
Emergency legislation
China.
Animal culture
SF1-1100
Law in general. Comparative and uniform law. Jurisprudence
K1-7720
spellingShingle Wildlife in China
Animal law
Emergency legislation
China.
Animal culture
SF1-1100
Law in general. Comparative and uniform law. Jurisprudence
K1-7720
Lihong Gao
Da Su
Proposed Amendments to the Wildlife Protection Law of the People's Republic of China
description The outbreak of COVID-2019 has focused public attention on China's wildlife-related legal regimes, such as the regulatory regime for wildlife hunting and trade and the animal epidemic prevention regime, which is complex, with the Wildlife Protection Law as the core. On February 24, the standing committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) issued an emergency legal document, the Decision, which has the effect of banning wildlife consumption, guiding public awareness, and regulating the overall legal system, and directly initiates the revision of the Wildlife Protection Law. On 21 October 2020, the Wildlife Protection Law (draft amendment) was announced. Based on the Decision and the Draft, this paper believes that in future revisions of the Wildlife Protection Law the main focus should be on changing the form of state ownership, establishing a pluralistic protection system, increasing legal penalty, coordinating with other legislation, and concern for individual animal welfare.
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Da Su
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title Proposed Amendments to the Wildlife Protection Law of the People's Republic of China
title_short Proposed Amendments to the Wildlife Protection Law of the People's Republic of China
title_full Proposed Amendments to the Wildlife Protection Law of the People's Republic of China
title_fullStr Proposed Amendments to the Wildlife Protection Law of the People's Republic of China
title_full_unstemmed Proposed Amendments to the Wildlife Protection Law of the People's Republic of China
title_sort proposed amendments to the wildlife protection law of the people's republic of china
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