From the linked page: All mentions to homosexuality in criminal law were removed in 1997. In 2001, the Chinese Society of Psychiatry declassified homosexuality

From the linked page: All mentions to homosexuality in criminal law were removed in 1997. In 2001, the Chinese Society of Psychiatry declassified homosexuality as a mental disorder. However, such change is yet to be reflected by the regulations of National Health and Family Planning Commission,[20] a government branch that controls all regulations of health care services in China, which has resulted in psychiatric facilities and psychiatry education textbooks across the country still de facto considering homosexuality as a mental disorder and continuing to offer conversion therapy treatments.[1][21][22] Transgender identity is still classified as a disorder despite laws allowing legal gender changes. Also from this story https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2097292/why-chinas-gays-and-lesbians-are-still-stuck-closet https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2097292/why-... A 2013 Pew Global Attitudes Project survey found that 57 per cent of those polled in China believed that society should not accept homosexuality