AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
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This English document is coming from "LAWS AND REGULATIONS OF THE
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA GOVERNING FOREIGN-RELATED MATTERS" (1991.7)
which is compiled by the Brueau of Legislative Affairs of the State
Council of the People's Republic of China, and is published by the China
Legal System Publishing House.
In case of discrepancy, the original version in Chinese shall prevail.
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AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
(Adopted at the First Session of the Seventh National People's
Congress on April 12, 1988 and promulgated for implementation by the
Proclamation No. 8 of the National People's Congress on April 12, 1988)
Article 1
Article 11 of the Constitution shall include a new paragraph which reads:
"The state permits the private sector of the economy to exist and develop
within the limits prescribed by law. The private sector of the economy is
a complement to the socialist public economy. The state protects the
lawful rights and interests of the private sector of the economy, and
exercises guidance, supervision and control over the private sector of the
economy".
Article 2
The fourth paragraph of Article 10 of the Constitution, which provides
that "no organization or individual may appropriate, buy, sell or lease
land or otherwise engage in the transfer of land by unlawful means", shall
be amended as: "No organization or individual may appropriate, buy, sell
or otherwise engage in the transfer of land by unlawful means. The right
to the use of land may be transferred according to law".
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