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China to improve, strengthen legal system for public health: spokesperson

Xinhua| Updated: 2020-05-22

BEIJING — China will strengthen its public health legislation and expects to review and approve the draft of the newly-formulated biosecurity law within this year, said Zhang Yesui, spokesperson for the third session of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC), at a press conference on May 21.

The NPC Standing Committee plans to formulate or revise 17 health-related laws in 2020 and 2021, and update 13 health-related laws in due course, Zhang said.