The draft environmental code, the draft law on promoting ethnic unity and progress, and the draft law on national development planning will be submitted to the fourth session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) for further deliberation, according to a decision made by the NPC Standing Committee on Saturday.
China plans to intensify punishments for violations related to radioactive material management, according to a draft ecological environment code.
China is considering provisions to boost international cooperation in areas such as marine ecological protection, deep-sea and polar research, and desertification control with its draft environmental code.
China is making progress on the legislative process for the draft environmental code with three parts of the draft code submitted Monday to an ongoing session of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature, for a new round of deliberations.
China is poised for a significant enhancement in its green efforts as a draft of the country's first-ever environmental code was unveiled on Sunday.
A draft environmental code, poised to become China's second formal statutory code once adopted, has been submitted to an ongoing session of the top legislature for a first reading.
The draft environmental code will be submitted to Chinese lawmakers for its initial reading on Sunday.
A draft ecological environment code is ready to be reviewed for the first time by Chinese lawmakers during the upcoming session of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, the top legislature, an official said.