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Anti-Secession Law adopted by NPC (full text)

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Updated: 2005-03-14 09:36

Order of the President of the People's Republic of China

No. 34

The Anti-Secession Law, adopted at the Third Session of the Tenth
National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China on March 14,
2005, is hereby promulgated and shall go into effect as of the date of
promulgation.

Hu Jintao

President of the People's Republic of China

March 14, 2005

The following is the full text of the Anti-Secession Law adopted at the
Third Session of the Tenth National People's Congress Monday:

Anti-Secession Law
(Adopted at the Third Session of the Tenth National People's Congress on
March 14, 2005)

Article 1 This Law is formulated, in accordance with the Constitution,
for the purpose of opposing and checking Taiwan's secession from China by
secessionists in the name of "Taiwan independence", promoting peaceful
national reunification, maintaining peace and stability in the Taiwan
Straits, preserving China's sovereignty and territorial integrity, and
safeguarding the fundamental interests of the Chinese nation.

Article 2 There is only one China in the world. Both the mainland and
Taiwan belong to one China. China's sovereignty and territorial integrity
brook no division. Safeguarding China's sovereignty and territorial
integrity is the common obligation of all Chinese people, the Taiwan
compatriots included.

Taiwan is part of China. The state shall never allow the "Taiwan
independence" secessionist forces to make Taiwan secede from China under
any name or by any means.

Article 3 The Taiwan question is one that is left over from China's civil
war of the late 1940s.

Solving the Taiwan question and achieving national reunification is
China's internal affair, which subjects to no interference by any outside
forces.

Article 4 Accomplishing the great task of reunifying the motherland is
the sacred duty of all Chinese people, the Taiwan compatriots included.

Article 5 Upholding the principle of one China is the basis of peaceful
reunification of the country.

To reunify the country through peaceful means best serves the fundamental
interests of the compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Straits. The
state shall do its utmost with maximum sincerity to achieve a peaceful
reunification.

After the country is reunified peacefully, Taiwan may practice systems
different from those on the mainland and enjoy a high degree of autonomy.

Article 6 The state shall take the following measures to maintain peace
and stability in the Taiwan Straits and promote cross-Straits relations:

(1) to encourage and facilitate personnel exchanges across the Straits
for greater mutual understanding and mutual trust;

(2) to encourage and facilitate economic exchanges and cooperation,
realize direct links of trade, mail and air and shipping services, and
bring about closer economic ties between the two sides of the Straits to
their mutual benefit;

(3) to encourage and facilitate cross-Straits exchanges in education,
science, technology, culture, health and sports, and work together to
carry forward the proud Chinese cultural traditions;

(4) to encourage and facilitate cross-Straits cooperation in combating
crimes; and

(5) to encourage and facilitate other activities that are conducive to
peace and stability in the Taiwan Straits and stronger cross-Straits
relations.

The state protects the rights and interests of the Taiwan compatriots in
accordance with law.

Article 7 The state stands for the achievement of peaceful reunification
through consultations and negotiations on an equal footing between the
two sides of the Taiwan Straits. These consultations and negotiations may
be conducted in steps and phases and with flexible and varied modalities.

The two sides of the Taiwan Straits may consult and negotiate on the
following matters:

(1) officially ending the state of hostility between the two sides;

(2) mapping out the development of cross-Straits relations;

(3) steps and arrangements for peaceful national reunification;

(4) the political status of the Taiwan authorities;

(5) the Taiwan region's room of international operation that iscompatible
with its status; and

(6) other matters concerning the achievement of peaceful national
reunification.

Article 8 In the event that the "Taiwan independence" secessionist forces
should act under any name or by any means to cause the fact of Taiwan's
secession from China, or that major incidents entailing Taiwan's
secession from China should occur, or that possibilities for a peaceful
reunification should be completely exhausted, the state shall employ
non-peaceful means and other necessary measures to protect China's
sovereignty and territorial integrity.

The State Council and the Central Military Commission shall decide on and
execute the non-peaceful means and other necessary measures as provided
for in the preceding paragraph and shall promptly report to the Standing
Committee of the National People'sCongress.

Article 9 In the event of employing and executing non-peaceful means and
other necessary measures as provided for in this Law, the state shall
exert its utmost to protect the lives, property and other legitimate
rights and interests of Taiwan civilians and foreign nationals in Taiwan,
and to minimize losses. At the same time, the state shall protect the
rights and interests of the Taiwan compatriots in other parts of China in
accordance with law.

Article 10 This Law shall come into force on the day of its promulgation.

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