About Us
Chinalawinfo Co. Ltd. is an online legal information service established by Peking
University in association with the university’s Legal Information Center. The Legal
Information Center has been engaged in the development of electronic law databases in
China. Since 1985, Chinalawinfo has steered the domestic development of online legal
research and rolled out services including software development, online legal education,
and legal translation.
Chinalawinfo strives to provide users with the comprehensive and user-friendly
services for online Chinese legal research. Currently, we supply a suite of bilingual
(Chinese-English) databases complementing our more comprehensive Chinese-language
offerings.
Our
Services – English Translation Database
www.pkulaw.com/english
pkulaw.com/english
provides users with access to English-language
versions of a wide range of China-related legal information.
The English Translation Database comprises several sub-databases. The flagship service
of lawinfochina.com, the Laws & Regulations database, is supplemented by extensive
databases for Judicial Cases, Legal News and other legal materials. Additionally,
our Gazettes and Law Journals databases allow users to view complete title indexes
for official government gazettes and a selection of China’s respected law journals.
Much of the material in our English Translation Database is tailored to the needs
of individuals or institutions with international perspectives, including governments,
intergovernmental organizations, universities and law firms. Where our current services
do not cover specific items of client interest, we also offer translation services
and related language consulting.
1. Laws & Regulations
The Laws & Regulations database includes thousands of Chinese laws, regulations,
rules, judicial interpretations, local regulations, and local rules in more than
50 areas of law. It includes laws and regulations from 1949 to the present, which
are updated regularly. Materials also cover judicial interpretations, local and
municipal regulations, contracts and legal forms, laws concerning Hong Kong, Macau,
and Taiwan, Sino-foreign treaties, foreign laws and regulations, legal news, legislative
history, and much more.
2. Judicial Cases
The Judicial Cases database contains English translations of representative judicial
decisions approved and published by the Supreme People's Court or the Supreme People's
Procuratorate. Subject areas include administrative law, civil law, criminal law,
economic law, intellectual property law, and maritime law. Cases are selected to
reflect both current and future trends in law and practice.
3. International Treaties
For legal professionals advising clients on tax matters, our International Treaties database covers all currently effective International Treaties the Chinese government has enter into with other countries or regions.
4. Gazettes (title index)
Gazettes are official Chinese government publications containing regulations and
related explanations, reports, deliberations, speeches, circulars, and notices.
The Gazettes database enables users to search and browse the title indexes of gazettes
including those of the National People's Congress, the State Council, and the Supreme
People's Court.
5. Legal News
The Legal News database contains important legal news since 2000, giving legal professionals
the ability to track past and current legal events and legislative developments
in China.
6. Law Yearbook of China
The Law Yearbook of China provides a recap of developments in the Chinese legal
system on issues such as lawmaking, law enforcement, legal education, and legal
research. All materials in the Yearbook are provided by central and local governments
and are accurate and authoritative.
7. Law Journals
The Law Journals
database allow users to search and read the nine English Journals and 209 Chinese Journals with English Contents.
8. White Papers
The White Papers database contains all policy papers drafted and published by the
central government since 1991.
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Our
Services – Chinese-language Databases https://www.pkulaw.com
In addition to our English-language website, we offer a wide range of Chinese-language
online research services through www.pkulaw.cn (also found at www.chinalawinfo.com). Pkulaw.cn services are similar, though
much more extensive, to those found in the English Translation Database and include
(partial selection):
Laws & Regulations (Chinese Version) (https://www.pkulaw.com/law)
The Law & Regulations database is China’s comprehensive and authoritative database
for legal information, containing all laws and regulations and related legal information
promulgated by the central government and most local governments since 1949. In
addition, our “annotated Chinese laws” service provides users with article-by-article
annotations to enhance the understanding of a specific legal provision’s meaning
and interpretation.
Judicial Cases (Chinese Version)(https://www.pkulaw.com/case)
Chinalawinfo.com’s Judicial Cases database contains civil, criminal and administrative
cases covering a variety of disputes. More extensive than the judicial cases found
in English translation, the Judicial Cases database (Chinese) is a comprehensive
selection of major and minor published cases. Cases include numerous editorial enhancements
and navigation aids to allow users to link cases to related laws, regulations and
expert commentary.
Law Journals Database (Chinese Version) (https://www.pkulaw.com/journal).
The Law Journal Database contains indexes and the full article text of leading domestic
law journals and legal bulletins, from their first publication to the present, with
articles organized and categorized to meet the “one-stop” research demands of legal
professionals.
Special Reference Database (Chinese Version) (https://www.pkulaw.com/reference).
The Special Reference Database focuses on the specific demands of law professionals
and includes information on trial standards, law practice, legal literature as well
as the text of the Law Yearbook of China and other non-journal legal literature.
The database’s special law practice topics, through 20 categories of carefully selected
laws and regulations that are suited for real-world practice, isolates, analyzes,
and explains thorny legal issues. The “Clink” function links related information
to assist users in searches and retrieval.
Introduction of http://www.chinalawinfo.com/
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Chinalawinfo.com is the homepage of Chinalawinfo Co. Ltd, whose flagship service,
Pkulaw (https://www.pkulaw.com/;
English version found at https://www.pkulaw.com/english
and http://www.lawinfochina.com/),
is an advanced legal information retrieval system launched jointly with Peking Univerisity’s
Legal Information Center. With continual improvements to technology and additions
to content, Pkulaw has evolved over the last 20 years into the
professional legal research system in China.
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Subscription Options and Pricing
Subscriptions vary among individual users, multiple users and institutional users.
Subscription options and pricing are as follows:
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Single user |
Designed for individuals or entities where only one person accesses the database
at any given time with one user ID and password.
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Multiple user |
Designed for users wishing to have two or more individuals concurrently access the
database at any given time with one user ID and password.
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Institutional user
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Designed for institutional users with a large number of users concurrently accessing
the database at any given time under the same IP address.
*Set-up requires IP address information
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All users enjoy unlimited downloading and printing
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Pricing:
Please contact us for more detailed pricing information:
Tel: +86 (10) 8268-9699 or +86 (10) 8266-8266 ext. 153
Fax: +86 (10) 8266-8268
E-mail:database@chinalawinfo.com
Notes:
1. The total price for “multiple user” or “institutional user” is calculated based
on the following formula:
Total price ＝ Price of single user times the number of concurrent users
2. As database content increases and features are expanded, pricing will be subject
to periodic adjustment. We are guided by the principle of annually increasing content
by more than 20 percent and capping annual price increases at 10 percent.
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User Guide
Subscribe:
To subscribe to Chinalawinfo.com – China’s comprehensive and authoritative
legal information service – please fill out the applicable registration form.
Laws & Regulations Database
(English Version)
Laws & Regulations Database
(Chinese Version)
Judicial Cases Database
(Chinese Version)
Law Journals Database (Chinese
Version)
Special Reference Database
(Chinese Version)
Navigation Tips:
The database is searchable in both English and Chinese by title, full-text keyword,
area of law, issuing authority, date issued, effective date and any corresponding
combination of searches. The English Translation database supports Boolean searches
(using, for example: and, or, not) for title and full-text searches.
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Payment Guide
Different methods of payment are available for users both in China and abroad.
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us at:
Tel: +86 (10) 8268-9699 or +86 (10) 8266-8266 ext. 153
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