The top legislature on Saturday adopted amendments to laws that aim to give more powers to local legislatures so they can better oversee the work of the government.
Legislators on Wednesday expressed support for bills that would empower local legislatures, as they deliberated draft amendments to three laws on people's congresses.
Lawmakers supported removal of clauses allowing local governments to restrict or ban vehicles from the draft amendment to the Air Pollution Control Law on Tuesday.
The lawmakers are deliberating draft amendments to three laws regarding the organization, election and staffing of legislatures, or people's congress, at different levels.
The top legislature has debated repealing the crime of sex with underage prostitutes and reclassifying it as rape, which would face a tougher punishment.
China wants to give greater incentives to inventors in academia to commercially exploit their work by raising the minimum reward to 50 percent of their inventions' worth, according to a top legislature bill unveiled on Monday.
The top legislature is considering tougher sentences for assaults on police officers on duty during the bimonthly legislative session that started Monday.
The legislators are working on a law specifically on domestic violence that highlights prevention and introduces habeas corpus.