1.(Eleventh)Amendment to Criminal Law 

Promulgated by the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress

Promulgation date: 26 December 2020

Implementation date: 1 May 2021

Document number: No.66 Chinese President Order

The Amendment changes the age of criminal responsibility, providing that a person aged 12 or above and less than 14 years old should take criminal responsibility for murder or assault causing death or serious injury or disability very violently in serious circumstances subject to approval of the Supreme People’s Procuratorate for pursuing their criminal responsibility.