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.
The top legislature Wednesday voted to adopt a revision to the law on the prevention and control of environmental pollution by solid waste.
Lawmakers held panel discussions Monday morning to deliberate the draft revision to the law on the prevention and control of environmental pollution by solid waste and the draft law on administrative discipline at an ongoing session of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee.
The draft biosecurity law was submitted to a regular session of the National People's Congress Standing Committee for its second review on Sunday.