Xiamen, East China's Fujian province, has enacted the first local regulation in the Chinese mainland that directly recognizes professional qualifications from Taiwan. The new law passed at the 24th session of the 16th Standing Committee of the Xiamen Municipal People's Congress on Oct 27 and will take effect on Jan 1, 2025.
The Standing Committee of the People's Congress in Yangzhou, Jiangsu province, has passed new regulations offering preferential treatment to elderly residents, marking the first such local law in China.
Yunnan province in Southwest China will soon implement a fresh set of rules concerning ecological and environmental protection, introducing a dedicated standard on green and low-carbon development and establishing lifelong accountability regarding environmental damages for officials.
A resolution opposing a series of US sanctions related to Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region and providing support for affected companies was unveiled and took effect on Monday, according to the regional legislature.
Shanghai is set to encourage more middle and primary school students to participate in practical education activities outside of schools since the new school year, the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission said on Tuesday.
Shanghai is going to pilot housing safety management measures including introducing a housing pension scheme in the city's Pudong New Area this year, an effort to garner experience to better facilitate existing housing upgrade and enhance people's housing quality and living environment.
The legislature of East China's Shanghai municipality has passed revised regulations on promoting the further development of this area as an international financial center, with these revised regulations to take effect on Oct 1.
A regulation on glacier protection in the Xizang autonomous region will come into effect on Oct 1, 2024, representing a significant achievement in the region's ecological and environmental protection legislation, according to a press release on Thursday.