Lawmakers are reviewing a draft law governing activities and environmental protection in Antarctica as the country steps up efforts to strengthen its polar capacity and participate more deeply in global governance of the continent.
Lawmakers on Monday began reviewing a draft law on childcare services — the first law of its kind proposed — designed to regulate services, enhance legal protections for children under the age of 3, and strengthen policies supporting childbirth and parenting.
Lawmakers have begun reviewing a draft revision to the nation's banking supervision and regulation law, with an eye to improving regulatory measures and enhancing the protection of consumer rights and interests.
China's draft law on national development planning was submitted on Monday to the ongoing session of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, the top legislature, for a third reading, as the country works to codify the long-standing practices in national development planning into law.
A draft revision to China's Foreign Trade Law was submitted on Monday to the ongoing session of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress for a second reading, with new provisions to support digital trade development and accelerate the building of a green trade system.
China has initiated revisions to its Trademark Law to tackle emerging challenges in the sector, enhance intellectual property protection and lay a more robust legal foundation for creating a market-oriented, law-based and world-class business environment.
Lawmakers on Monday started deliberating a draft law on promoting ethnic unity and progress.
China has taken a significant step toward formulating a foundational and comprehensive law on state-owned assets, as a draft law was submitted on Monday for its first deliberation at an ongoing session of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress.