China will upgrade its legal toolkit and develop a more complete system of laws and regulations related to foreign affairs to safeguard national security by rule of law, Li Zhanshu, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, said on Tuesday.
The Environmental Protection and Resources Conservation Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) is currently carrying out research, discussion and drafting of the law for comprehensive utilization of resources.
Last year, the standing committee of the Xiangyang people's congress, the local legislature, worked with legislative bodies from three other local authorities in Hubei to conduct research on legislation. As a result, they jointly formulated regulations to strengthen environmental protection in the north of the province, He said.
In recent years, local people's congresses-local legislative bodies-have stepped up efforts to enact more regulations that are relevant to people's lives and involve new industrial development.
It was stressed at the central conference on work related to people's congresses in October 2021 that people's congresses should properly and effectively exercise the power of oversight in accordance with the law.
The 31st session of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) reviewed a draft revision to the country's Law on Physical Culture and Sports on Oct 19 last year.
The Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) has included the revision of the Regulations on Academic Degrees in its legislative agenda.
Lawmakers on Sunday began discussing a draft decision on the ranks for active-duty soldiers of the People's Liberation Army.