Hu Jintao, President of People's Republic of China (PRC)
June 28, 2003 (end)
Law of the People's Republic of China on Road Traffic Safety (Authorized Release)
(Adopted at the Fifth Session of the Standing Committee of the Tenth NPC on October 28th, 2003/KLOC-0)
catalogue
Chapter I General Provisions
Chapter II Vehicles and Drivers
Section 1 Motor Vehicles and Non-motor Vehicles
Section 2 Motor Vehicle Drivers
Chapter III Road Traffic Conditions
Chapter IV Road Traffic Regulations
Section 1 General Provisions
Section 2 Motor Vehicle Traffic Regulations
Section 3 Non-motor Vehicle Traffic Regulations
Section 4 Pedestrian and Passenger Traffic Management
Section 5 Special Provisions on Expressway
Chapter V Handling of Traffic Accidents
Chapter VI Law Enforcement Supervision
Chapter VII Legal Liability
Chapter VIII Supplementary Provisions
Chapter I General Principles
Article 1 This Law is formulated for the purpose of maintaining road traffic order, preventing and reducing traffic accidents, protecting personal safety, protecting the property safety and other legitimate rights and interests of citizens, legal persons and other organizations, and improving traffic efficiency.
Article 2 Within the territory of People's Republic of China (PRC), motor vehicle drivers, pedestrians, passengers and units and individuals related to road traffic activities shall abide by this Law.
Third road traffic safety work should follow the principle of management according to law and convenience for the masses, and ensure the orderly, safe and smooth road traffic.
Article 4 People's governments at all levels shall ensure that road traffic safety management is compatible with economic construction and social development.
Local people's governments at or above the county level shall adapt to the needs of road traffic development, formulate road traffic safety management plans according to road traffic safety laws, regulations and relevant state policies, and organize their implementation.
Fifth the State Council public security department is responsible for the national road traffic safety management. The traffic administrative department of the public security organ of the local people's government at or above the county level shall be responsible for the management of road traffic safety within their respective administrative areas.
The transportation and construction management departments of the people's governments at or above the county level shall be responsible for the relevant road traffic work in accordance with their respective responsibilities.
Article 6 People's governments at all levels shall regularly carry out road traffic safety education to raise citizens' awareness of road traffic safety.
The traffic administrative department of the public security organ and its traffic police shall, when performing their duties, strengthen the publicity of road traffic safety laws and regulations, and abide by them in an exemplary manner.
State organs, armed forces, enterprises and institutions, social organizations and other organizations shall educate their personnel on road traffic safety.
Education administrative departments and schools should incorporate road traffic safety education into legal education.
The press, publishing, radio, television and other relevant units have the obligation to carry out road traffic safety education.
Seventh road traffic safety management, should strengthen scientific research, promotion and use of advanced management methods, technologies and equipment.