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title_en: "Law on the Protection of Minors"
title_zh: "中华人民共和国未成年人保护法"
abbreviation: "Minors Protection Law"
hierarchy: "law"
issuing_body: "Standing Committee of the National People's Congress"
adopted_date: 1991-09-04
effective_date: 2021-06-01
status: "effective"
related_laws: ["minors-online-protection-regulations", "children-pi-online-protection-provisions", "minors-harmful-info-classification-measures", "pipl"]
domains: ["minors-protection", "personal-information"]
url: https://datacompliancechina.com/laws/minors-protection-law/
summary: "The umbrella statute for the protection of minors in China. Its 2020 revision added a dedicated 'Network Protection' chapter that anchors the entire minors-online-protection regime: internet-literacy education duties for the state, society, schools, and families (Art. 64); school management of smartphones and smart terminals (Art. 70); mandatory school bullying prevention-and-control systems with reporting duties for serious incidents (Art. 39); and school duties to notify parents and intervene when students show internet addiction (Art. 71). The Regulations on the Protection of Minors in Cyberspace (2024) implement the chapter at administrative-regulation level, and the MOE's Provisions on the Protection of Minors by Schools implement the school-facing duties."
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> **Source: Data Compliance China** — https://datacompliancechina.com/laws/minors-protection-law/ · English rendering and annotations by DCC; the Chinese original governs. Cite as: Data Compliance China, "Law on the Protection of Minors", https://datacompliancechina.com/laws/minors-protection-law/
**Adopted** September 4, 1991; comprehensively revised December 29, 2006 and
October 17, 2020 (the latter adding the "Network Protection" chapter);
amended October 26, 2012. The current text took effect June 1, 2021.

DCC has not reproduced the full text. Key provisions cited in DCC briefs:

- **Article 39** — schools must establish a student-bullying
  prevention-and-control system, train staff and students, immediately stop
  bullying, involve parents of both sides in determination and handling, and
  report serious incidents to public security and education authorities.
- **Article 64** — the state, society, schools, and families shall conduct
  internet-literacy education for minors.
- **Article 70** — schools shall use the internet reasonably in teaching;
  minor students may not bring smartphones and other smart terminals into
  class without school permission, and devices brought to school are subject
  to unified management.
- **Article 71** — a school that discovers a minor student addicted to the
  internet shall promptly inform the parents or other guardians and jointly
  educate and guide the student.