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The following document is a translation of the first national mental health law of the People's Republic of China, which was adopted by the National People's Congress on October 26, 2012. The original Chinese version of the law is available at the official government website: http: //www. gov. cn/jrzg/2012-10/26/content₂252122. htm. The translation was completed by a team of translators at the Shanghai Mental Health Center at the Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine. The translators have added footnotes at the end of the document that explain their choices in sections where alternative translations are possible and that provide background information for sections that may be confusing to readers unfamiliar with China. This translation should be cited as follows: ChenHH, Phillips MR, Cheng H, Chen QQ, Chen XD, Fralick D, Zhang YE, Liu M, Huang J, Bueber M. Mental Health Law of the People's Republic of China (English translation with annotations). Shanghai Archives of Psychiatry. 2012; 24 (6): 305-321. doi: 10. 3969/j. issn. 1002-0829. 2012. 06. 001 Shanghai Archives of Psychiatry.
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