Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress to Amend Eight Laws including the Road Traffic Safety Law of the People's Republic of China (including the Fire Protection Law, the Law on Import and Export Commodity Inspection, the Advertising Law, the Grassland Law, the Civil Aviation Law, the Customs Law and the Food Safety Law)

Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress to Amend Eight Laws including the Road Traffic Safety Law of the People's Republic of China (including the Fire Protection Law, the Law on Import and Export Commodity Inspection, the Advertising Law, the Grassland Law, the Civil Aviation Law, the Customs Law and the Food Safety Law)

Order of the President of the People's Republic of China
(No. 81)

The Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress to Amend Eight Laws including the Road Traffic Safety Law of the People's Republic of China, as adopted at the 28th Session of the Standing Committee of the Thirteenth National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China on April 29, 2021, is hereby issued, and shall come into force on the date of issuance.
President of the People's Republic of China: Xi Jinping
April 29, 2021
Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress to Amend Eight Laws including the Road Traffic Safety Law of the People's Republic of China
(Adopted at the 28th Session of the Standing Committee of the Thirteenth National People's Congress on April 29, 2021)
As decided at the 28th Session of the Standing Committee of the Thirteenth National People's Congress:

I. The Road Traffic Safety Law of the People's Republic of China is amended as follows:
Paragraph 1 of Article 20 is amended to read: “The motor vehicle driving training shall be provided by non-government institutions. The transport department shall subject driving training schools and driving training classes to recordation administration, and strengthen the supervision of driving training activities. In particular, special tractor driving training schools and driving training classes shall be subject to the supervision and administration of the agriculture (agricultural machinery) department.”

II. The Fire Protection Law of the People's Republic of China is amended as follows:
(1) Article 15 is amended to read: “With respect to the fire safety inspection before a public gathering place is put into use or opens for business, the notification and undertaking administration shall apply. Before a public gathering place is put into use or opens for business, the owner or using entity shall apply to the fire and rescue department of the local people's government at or above the county level at the place where the place is located for fire safety inspection, give an undertaking that the said place complies with fire protection technical standards and management provisions, submit the required materials, and be responsible for its undertaking and the veracity of materials.
“The fire and rescue department shall examine the materials submitted by the applicant; and if the application materials are complete and of the statutory form, it shall grant a permit. The fire and rescue department shall, in accordance with the fire protection technical standards and management provisions, promptly inspect the public gathering place that gives an undertaking.
“If an applicant chooses not to adopt the notification and undertaking method, the fire and rescue department shall, within 10 working days from the date of acceptance of the application, inspect the place according to fire protection technical standards and management provisions. It shall grant a permit if the place satisfies fire safety requirements upon inspection.
“A public gathering place that has not obtained the permit from the fire and rescue department shall not be put into use or open for business. The specific measures for fire safety inspection shall be developed by the emergency management department of the State Council.”
(2) Article 34 is amended to read: “Technical service agencies for fire protection providing such services as the maintenance and testing of fire protection facilities and fire safety assessment shall meet the practicing conditions, and practitioners shall obtain the corresponding qualifica......