The air quality across the country also improved markedly in 2020, with 202 cities meeting air-quality standards, 45 more than during the previous year, according to the report by the State Council.
A senior legislator has called for strengthened implementation of the Law on Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) to promote the high-quality development of TCM.
Top legislator Li Zhanshu on Thursday called for adopting a holistic approach to national security and ensuring both development and security when implementing the Biosecurity Law.
Wang Chen, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and vice chairman of the National People's Congress Standing Committee, attends the first plenary meeting of the teams of an enforcement inspection of the Law on Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) in Beijing, capital of China, March 31, 2021.
The top legislature will move promptly to conduct research on laws and regulations related to new technologies and applications, according to a work report.
All the proposals submitted to last year's annual session of the National People's Congress (NPC), the top legislature, by NPC deputies have been handled, with feedback given to the lawmakers.
The Legislative Affairs Commission of the NPC Standing Committee on Wednesday submitted a report on its recording and review work in 2020 to the session for deliberation.
Since 2013, the NPC and its Standing Committee has enacted or revised more than 20 environment-related laws and bills, including the Environmental Protection Law, along with air, water and soil pollution prevention and control laws.