Functions

  • Undertakes policy research on major issues. Coordinates with relevant parties on mid-to-long-term plans.
  • Be responsible for overall planning and legislative work. Responsible for soliciting laws and regulations to develop legislative proposals
  • Drafts relevant laws and administrative regulations
  • Interprets administrative regulations and post-legislative evaluation. Responsible for the filing and review of local laws and regulations
  • Drafts  legal educational campaigns, enhances publicity campaigns
  • Encourages the public to engage with the law
  • Guides the selection of people’s jurors, and promotes the establishment of civil-judicial institutions
  • Manages prisons nationwide, supervising and managing execution and sentencing
  • Draws up plans and guides the construction of the public legal service system, coordinates and distributes urban and rural legal service resources
  • Guides and supervises the management of lawyers, legal aid, judicial appraisal, notarization, arbitration, and grass-roots legal services
  • Organizes the national unified legal professional qualification examination (bar exam)
  • Enhances foreign cooperation, acts as external contact authority and participates in the negotiation of relevant international mutual legal assistance treaties
  • Reviews the international treaty laws in China and submits them to the State Council for review

Leadership:

  • He Rong 贺荣, Minister, Secretary of Leading Party Group
  • Wang Yuwen 王裕文, Team Leader of Inspection and Supervision Group, Member of Leading Party Group
  • Zuo Li 左力, Vice Minister, Member of Leading Party Group
  • Zhao Changhua 赵昌华, Vice Minister, Member of Leading Party Group
  • Wang Zhenjiang 王振江, Vice Minister, Member of Leading Party Group
  • Hu Weilie 胡卫列, Vice Minister, Member of Leading Party Group

Contact Information

  • Tel:010-65153508,84772882
  • E-mail: hotline@moj.gov.cn
  • Addr: 6 Chaoyangmen South Street, Beijing, 100020
  • Official Website:CN EN

Major Departments:

Other Departments:

  • Secretariat of the Office of the Commission for Overall Law-Based Governance of the CPC Central Committee 中央依法治国办秘书局
  • General Office 办公厅
  • Political Department 政治部
  • Bureau of Rule of Law Research 法治调研局
  • Bureau of Rule of Law Supervision 法治督察局
  • First Bureau of Legislation 立法一局
  • Fourth Bureau of Legislation 立法四局
  • Bureau of Prison Administration 监狱管理局
  • Bureau of Community Correction Administration 社区矫正管理局
  • Bureau of Drug Rehabilitation Administration 戒毒管理局
  • Bureau of Administrative Reconsideration and Response 行政复议与应诉局
  • Administrative Law Enforcement Coordination and Supervision Bureau 行政执法协调监督局
  • Bureau of Law Popularization and Rule of Law 普法与依法治理局
  • Bureau of People’s Participation and Promotion of Rule of Law 人民参与和促进法治局
  • Bureau of Public Legal Services Administration 公共法律服务管理局
  • Bureau of Lawyers’ Work 律师工作局
  • Bureau of Legal Professional Qualifications Administration 法律职业资格管理局
  • Bureau of Equipment and Finance 装备财务保障局
  • Party Committee of the Ministry of Justice 机关党委
  • Bureau for Retired Personnel 离退休干部局

Affiliated Institutes:

  • The Information Center 信息中心
  • The Judicial Research Institute (Research Office) 法治宣传中心
  • The Ministry Offices Service Center机关服务中心
  • Yancheng Prison 燕城监狱 
  • The Legal Aid Center 法律援助中心
  • The Administration of Affiliated Coal Mines直属煤矿管理局
  • The Crime Prevention Research Institute预防犯罪研究所
  • The All China Lawyers Association中华全国律师协会
  • The China Notary Association中国公证协会
  • The China Prison Association中国监狱工作协会
  • The China Judicial and Administrative Drug Rehabilitation Association中国司法行政戒毒工作协会
  • The National Police University for Criminal Justice中央司法警官学院
  • The Judicial Administration College司法行政学院
  • The National Judicial Examination Center国家司法考试中心
  • The China Legal Aid Foundation中国法律援助基金会
  • The Judicial Assistance Exchange Center司法协助交流中心
  • The Academy of Forensic Science司法鉴定科学研究院
  • Legal Daily法制日报社
  • Law Press of China 法律出版社有限公司
  • China Legal Publishing House中国法制出版社
  • China Legal Service (Hong Kong) Co. 中国法律服务(香港)有限公司Ltd.,
  • China Legal Service (Macao) Co., Ltd. 中国法律服务(澳门)公司
  • Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Legal Training Exchange Center司法部港澳台法律培训交流中心
  • China National Association of People’s Mediation Network 中华全国人民调解员协会