Railway Safety Management Regulations (State Council Decree No. 639)
Issuing body: State Council of the People's Republic of China / National Railway Administration (NRA) · Version: State Council Decree No. 639 (adopted 17 Aug 2013, promulgated 6 Sep 2013, effective 1 Jan 2014) · Published: 2013-09-06
Link verified July 22, 2026
Scope
China's binding national railway safety law, published as State Council Decree No. 639 and hosted on the website of the National Railway Administration (NRA), the country's rail regulator. It establishes the top-level safety-management framework -- regulator/operator supervision responsibilities, construction and operating safety duties, and accident-handling requirements -- for the world's largest high-speed rail network, and underpins the NRA's subordinate GB/GB-T railway technical standards. Full text is in Chinese only; no official English translation was located on this page.