1988 amendment to the Constitution of China

Amendment to the Constitution of the People's Republic of China National People's Congress China National People's Congress yes 1988 4 12 yes 1988 4 12 Constitution of the People's Republic of China Standing Committee of the National People's Congress 2,821 22 16 in force 中華人民共和國國徽.svg The Amendment to the Constitution of the People's Republic of China was proposed by the 13th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and adopted at the first session of the 7th National People's Congress on 12 April 1988. The amendments included amending Articles 10 and 11 of the Constitution to allow the emergence of private economy and the transfer of land use rights. History On February 28, the CCP Central Committee submitted to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress the "Proposal of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party on Amending Certain Articles of the Constitution of the People's Republic of China".1988-02-28 中国共产党中央委员会关于修改中华人民共和国宪法个别条款的建议 Proposal of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party on Amending Certain Articles of the Constitution of the People's Republic of China http://www.npc.gov.cn/wxzl/gongbao/2000-12/16/content_5002073.htm live https://web.archive.org/web/20180309120458/http://www.npc.gov.cn/wxzl/gongbao/2000-12/16/content_5002073.htm 2018-03-09 2018-03-10 National People's Congress 中国人大网 zh On March 12, the twenty fifth session of the Standing Committee of the 6th National People's Congress passed the "Draft Constitutional Amendment" based on the central government's constitutional amendment proposal, and decided to submit it to the first session of the 7th National People's Congress for deliberation.1988-03-12 全国人民代表大会常务委员会关于中华人民共和国宪法修正案草案 http://www.npc.gov.cn/wxzl/gongbao/2000-12/26/content_5002074.htm live https://web.archive.org/web/20180309120408/http://www.npc.gov.cn/wxzl/gongbao/2000-12/26/content_5002074.htm 2018-03-09 2018-03-10 National People's Congress 中国人大网 zh On April 12, the first session of the 7th National People's Congress passed the Constitutional Amendment with 2,821 votes in favor, 22 votes against, and 16 abstentions.1988-04-12 中华人民共和国宪法修正案（1988年） http://www.npc.gov.cn/wxzl/wxzl/2000-12/05/content_4498.htm live https://web.archive.org/web/20161110212832/http://www.npc.gov.cn/wxzl/wxzl/2000-12/05/content_4498.htm 2016-11-10 2018-03-10 National People's Congress 中国人大网 zh Amendments The amendments included amending Articles 10 and 11 of the Constitution to allow the emergence of private economy and the transfer of land use rights. The revisions legalized the separation of land use rights from land ownership.Lin Zhongjie Constructing Utopias: China's New Town Movement in the 21st Century 2025 Oxford University Press 978-0-19-779330-5 New York, NY77 This was the constitutional foundation for the 1990 Regulation of Urban Land Use Rights, which allowed land use rights to be bought and sold in the real estate market without changing the underlying title of public land.77 References Category:1988 in China Category:Amendments to the Constitution of China