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New Chinese law on ‘ethnic unity and progress’ and the intensified suppression of ethnic identities

2026/2703(RSP)·RSP·Official procedure file ↗

Resolution on a topical subject.

Summary

In this non-legislative resolution, Parliament addresses the new Chinese Law on the Promotion of Ethnic Unity and Progress, adopted by China's National People's Congress on 12 March 2026, which it states further integrates state ideology, prioritises Mandarin in education, public life and media, and intensifies the assimilation of ethnic minority identities including Tibetans, Hui, Uyghurs, Manchus and Mongolians. It strongly condemns China's repressive assimilation policies and urges China to repeal the law and uphold its international obligations on non-discrimination and the protection of minorities. It calls on the Council to activate the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime against officials and entities responsible for the law, deplores the law's extraterritorial provisions as transnational repression, and urges Member States to suspend extradition treaties with China. The resolution also calls for the immediate release of named political prisoners, rejects interference in the recognition of Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leaders, and asks the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to issue an updated report addressing the 2026 law.

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Voted 30 Apr 2026

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Plenary amendments3 tabled on this text

Amendments tabled for the plenary sitting on this text, in their own numbering series. This is a different set from the committee amendments tracked elsewhere on AmendEU, and is not counted in any of the site’s amendment totals.

  1. Amendment 1S&DJoint motion for a resolution · Paragraph 4
    Current text

    4. Calls on the Council to activate the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime against officials and entities responsible for conceiving and implementing this law;

    Amendment

    4. Calls on the Member States and the European External Action Service to raise these issues in the next EU-China Human Rights Dialogue, as they could lead to severe consequences for EU-China relations, including the activation of the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime;

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  2. Amendment 2S&DJoint motion for a resolution · Paragraph 9
    Current text

    9. Considers that the introduction and enforcement of this law will lead to severe consequences for EU-China relations;

    Amendment

    deleted

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  3. Amendment 3The LeftJoint motion for a resolution · Paragraph 2 a (new)
    Amendment

    2a. Stresses that effective language policies must ensure that languages remain present in public, educational and economic life, as their continued vitality depends on their practical usefulness and everyday relevance, and that policies which promote languages in a purely symbolic or formal manner, without ensuring their practical use, are unlikely to prevent loss of use and intergenerational transmission;

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