The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), the top legislature, on Thursday released its legislation plan for the year.
The top legislature decided on Monday to consider a series of draft laws, amendments and bills later this month, including a much anticipated draft revision of environmental protection law.
The National People's Congress (NPC), the top legislature, is considering reducing the number of crimes subject to the death penalty, an NPC official said on Sunday.
The top legislature is investigating on the public call of repealing the crime of sex with underage prostitutes and identifying the offence as rape, said a lawmaker on Sunday.
The NPC Standing Committee will carry out investigations on preventing and controlling soil pollution, and seek to solve prominent environmental problems and strengthen ecological conservation, he said.
A lawmaker on Sunday called for an amendment to the Drug Administration Law to make it more friendly to the visually impaired.
The top legislator Zhang Dejiang on Sunday pledged to enhance environmental legislation and oversight of pollutant emissions, as Beijing continued to be shrouded in a spell of lingering smog.
China will work on a counter-terrorism law if the fight against terrorism requires it, said a senior official with the top legislature here on Sunday.