November 9, 1995 Guangzhou Legal Aid Center was established, which is the first government legal aid agency in China.
March 17, 1996 The Criminal Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China was amended, and article 34 of the act has been a principled provision on the criminal legal aid system.
May 15, 1996 The Lawyers Law of the People's Republic of China was promulgated, and the sixth chapter has provided the basic rules on legal aid.
December 28, 1996 The Legal Aid Center of the Ministry of Justice was established to guide and supervise legal aid work nationwide.
March 6, 1997 China Legal Aid Foundation was established to collect legal aid funds and provide material support for the implementation of legal aid.
July 6, 2003 The Legal Aid Regulations was officially promulgated and implemented, which is the first national administrative regulation on legal aid.
2008 In order to strengthen the supervision and administration of the government to the legal aid, the Legal Aid Work Division of the Ministry of Justice was established.
February 21, 2012 To standardize legal aid cases and ensure the quality of legal aid, the Procedures for Handling Legal Aid Cases was promulgated.
March 14, 2012 The Criminal Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China was amended to perfect the criminal legal aid system.
October 23, 2014 The Fourth Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee adopted the Decision of the CPC Central Committee on the Major Issues Concerning Comprehensively Advancing the Rule of Law, and called for the improvement of the legal aid system.
June 29, 2015 The Opinions on Improving the Legal Aid System was issued, and the guiding ideology, basic principles, policy measures and requirements for the development of legal aid work were put forward.
February 17, 2017 In order to give full play to the role of lawyers in legal aid work, the Opinions on the Legal Aid Work of Lawyers was promulgated.
August 28, 2017 In order to give full play to the role of duty lawyers on legal aid, the Opinions on the Work of duty lawyers on legal aid was promulgated.
October 9, 2017 The Measures to the Full Coverage of the Defense Lawyers in Criminal Cases was promulgated to ensure the rights of defendants to obtain the help of lawyers in criminal cases.
January 19, 2018 The National Institute of Legal Aid was established in China, which is the first think tank type research institution with the characteristics of legal aid theory.
