China has put in place a legal Great Wall to safeguard national security by instituting new laws as well as revisions to the existing ones in this regard over the past 10 years, an official with the country's top legislature said Monday.
In the past decade, China has diverted much effort to improving its legislation and enhancing its legal system.
Public opinion has played a strong role in the lawmaking process over the past 10 years, ensuring laws and regulations embody the people's common will and interests, a senior legislator said.
Top legislator Li Zhanshu on Friday urged the advancement of sound legislation work to protect the ecological environment of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
Vocational education should be viewed with equal importance to that of general education, and more effort will be made to improve the recognition of its value, according to a revision to the Vocational Education Law.
Lawmakers on Wednesday voted to adopt a law on futures and derivatives to better protect investors' interests and develop the futures market in favor of the real economy.
The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) has included the preschool education law as one of the 40 bills scheduled for review this year.