An environmental code will further forge a solid legal foundation for China to achieve modernization with harmony between humanity and nature, a spokesperson said Wednesday.
Drafting a law on promoting ethnic unity and progress is key to fostering a stronger sense of community for the Chinese nation and ensuring the lawful rights and interests of people from all ethnic groups are better safeguarded, a spokesman for the annual session of the top legislature said on Wednesday.
Applicants for social assistance are required to provide true and accurate information, which will receive enhanced protection under a draft law currently being reviewed by lawmakers.
The draft of China's first law dedicated to national firefighters and rescue personnel was submitted to the standing committee of the top legislature for its reading on Wednesday.
China is improving its social assistance system to better ensure basic living support and provide a stronger safety net for people in need, according to a bill under review by lawmakers on Wednesday.
China has stepped up its legislative initiatives over the past year to strengthen legal support and enhance the framework needed for high-quality economic growth and increased openness, officials said.
As the country's first specialized law on national parks, it marks a new stage of law-based and standardized development of a nature reserve system with national parks at its core.
China's State asset and State enterprise reforms are a key plank of economic restructuring and should be advanced through a new round of deepening reforms to seize development opportunities and accelerate the building of more world-class companies, officials and experts said.