The second plenary meeting of the third session of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, May 25, 2020.
The draft decision of the National People's Congress on establishing and improving the legal system and enforcement mechanisms for the HKSAR to safeguard national security is under deliberation at the national legislature.
It is aimed at tackling the growing national security risk in Hong Kong, which has become a prominent challenge to the "one country, two systems" principle.
It is highly necessary for the national legislature to establish and improve the legal system and enforcement mechanisms for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) to safeguard national security, a spokesperson said Thursday.
Lawmakers started deliberating a draft civil code at the annual session of the national legislature, which opened on Friday.
A total of 1.02 million pieces of advice had been solicited from around 425,000 people during the compilation process of China's civil code, a spokesperson for the annual session of the national legislature said Thursday.
A draft civil code to be submitted to the top legislature's annual session for review will strengthen property rights protection, experts said.
A draft civil code to be submitted to the national legislature's annual session for review will strengthen the system of tort liability, experts said.