Lawmakers will deliberate a draft amendment to China's Legislation Law, which highlights strengthened enforcement and supervision of the Constitution, later this week.
China will improve disease monitoring of livestock and poultry to prevent public health risks by revising the Animal Husbandry Law, a senior legislator told a news conference on Monday.
The protection of women, especially for those who are poor, elderly or disabled, is expected to be strengthened across China, a senior legislator told a news conference on Monday.
A National People's Congress team visited Luoyang in Central China;s Henan province on Sept 19 and 20 to carry out special research for the purposes of legislation on the rural collective economic organizations, integration of small-scale farmers into modern agricultural development and progress of other countryside-related endeavors.
Legislative efforts are underway to regulate the use of the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or drones, which have played an important role in many fields, such as environmental monitoring and agricultural spraying, but at the same time pose threats to the public and civil aviation safety due to a lack of supervision.
The National People's Congress Standing Committee has included an amendment to the Railway Law in its legislative plan this year amid calls for a strong legal guarantee for the sector's development in the new era.
Lawmakers have called for amendment to the fire protection law to enhance emergency rescue and public safety.