Treaties are published in the Official Gazette once they have passed the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPCSC) and ratified by the State President. Use the following databases to find treaties that China is a party to.
If a treaty is included in a treaty series, the treaty series should be cited rather than the UN document number. Treaties are often included in several treaty series. According to Chapter 8.4 (pp 137-139) of the Australian Guide to Legal Citation, treaties should be cited in the following preferential order:
1. Consolidated Treaty Series (ConTS) 1648-1919; League of Nations Treaty Series (LNTS) 1920-1944; or United Nations Treaty Series (UNTS) 1946+
The Law Library has the Consolidated Treaty Series (also known as Parry's Treaty Series) in print on level 4 and online, entitled Oxford Historical Treaties.
2. An official treaty series of a state party (for Australia, this is the Australian Treaty Series (ATS) or Australian Treaties Not Yet in Force (ATNIF))
3. Another international or regional treaty series (such as the European Treaty Series (ETS))
Note: China has no official treaty series.
4. International Legal Materials (ILM) (University of Melb staff & students only). International Legal Materials includes selected treaty texts and useful introductory information about treaties and is an acceptable source to cite.
5. If the treaty is not included in any of the above, use the official document number (such as a UN document number) to identify it, using the accepted style as described in Chapter 8 of AGLC4.