Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress
Coverage of Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress in the Nexus archive.
- The CCP’s new ‘unity’ law turns China’s repression into a global threat
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) enacted the 'Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress' on July 1, 2026, targeting Uyghurs, Tibetans, Southern Mongolians, Hong Kongers, Falun Gong practitioners, and others. The law criminalizes cultural preservation efforts, mandates Mandarin education, and enforces loyalty to the CCP, with provisions like penalizing interethnic marriage refusal and incentivizing surveillance.
- China’s ethnic unity law denounced as ‘forced assimilation’ by rights groups
China's new Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress has been criticized by rights groups, Taiwan, and the United Nations, who argue it threatens the rights of Uyghurs and Tibetans and enables the persecution of dissidents abroad. The law aims to strengthen Mandarin as the official language to foster a shared national identity.
- What Beijing hopes to achieve with new ethnic unity law that targets people overseas
China's new Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress, set to take effect next month, includes provisions targeting overseas individuals and organizations for undermining ethnic unity. Analysts suggest the law aims to deter Western ideological influence and strengthen domestic unity.