China's Anti-Doping Laws & Regulations – An Overview In 2023
In recent years, China's anti-doping legislation has made significant developments and has formed an anti-doping legal system based on the Sports Law of the People's Republic of China[1] (the Sports Law), supported by a series of administrative regulations and departmental rules, including:
- the Anti-Doping Regulations issued by the State Council[2],
- the Anti-Doping Rules[3], and
- the Measures for Anti-Doping Administration[4] issued by the General Administration of Sport of China,
using the amendments to the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China[5] as a means of tackling doping crimes. Adding a new Anti-Doping chapter to the revised Sports Law, which will come into force soon, further highlights China's determination to fight doping.
This article introduces recent developments in China's anti-doping legislation from a structural perspective of China's current anti-doping legal system.
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Gong Xiaoyan
Gong Xiaoyan is a partner at East & Concord Partners. She provides legal services for a large number of sports associations and administration centers for sports, including but not limited to Chinese Football Association, China Athletic Association, China Anti-Doping Agency of General Administration of Sports of China, administration centers covering swimming, volleyball, table tennis and badminton, winter sports, shooting and archery, weightlifting, wrestling and jujitsu, chess and canoeing, Culture Center of General Administration of Sports of China, Institute of Sports Medicine of General Administration of Sports of China and Beijing Sports Competitions Administration Center. In addition, she has also represented many anti-doping cases of athletes on international platforms as well as cases concerning international sports arbitration between foreign players and sports clubs.
Liu Jiahe
Liu Jiahe is a Counsel at East & Concord Partners. She graduated from ISDE with a Master in International Sports Law and is also a member of the Athletes Committee of the Chinese Football Association. She was a former full-time legal counsel of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).
