Two years after the release of the first draft of the Chinese
Export Control Law (the Law) in 2017 (the 2017 Draft), on 28
December 2019, a revised draft was published on the website of the
National People's Congress for round-two public comments until
26 January 20201 (the Current Draft Law).
The structure of the Current Draft Law remains largely the same
as the 2017 Draft, and is organized by six sections: general regime
and definition, control policy and lists, control measures,
specific rules for dual-use items and military items, enforcement
and punishment, and miscellaneous. With that said, by deleting 13
provisions and consolidating some others, the current draft law is
significantly shorter than the 2017 draft with only 48 provisions,
while the latter had 70.
