Promulgated in 1983, it was adopted at the 24th meeting of the Standing Committee of the Fifth National People's Congress on August 23, 1982, in accordance with the Standing Committee of the Seventh National People's Congress on February 22, 1993. The Decision of the 30th Meeting of the Committee on Amending the Trademark Law of the People's Republic of China was revised for the first time in accordance with the 24th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Ninth National People's Congress on October 27, 2001. The second amendment to the Decision on Amending the Trademark Law of the People's Republic of China came into effect on March 1, 1983.