(Adopted at the 2nd Session of the Standing Committee of the Eighth National People's Congress on July 2, 1993 and amended at the 31st Session of the Standing Committee of the Ninth National People's Congress on December 28, 2002; amended for the first time in accordance with the Decision on Amending Some Law as adopted at the 10th Session of the Standing Committee of the Eleventh National People's Congress on August 27, 2009; and amended for the second time in accordance with the Decision on Amending the Agriculture Law of the People's Republic of China as adopted at the 30th Session of the Standing Committee of the Eleventh National People's Congress on Decision 28, 2012)