Officials must fully recognize that preventing and controlling solid waste is a long-term and arduous task, which requires strengthened law enforcement and an improved system," Zhang said.
The Solid Waste Control Law must be properly implemented, Zhang said as he presented a report to the NPC Standing Committee at its six-day bimonthly session.
Zhang Dejiang (C), chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress (NPC), attends the 2nd plenary meeting of the 24th session of the 12th NPC Standing Committee in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 2, 2016.
Lawmakers applauded the significant progress made in higher education but stressed the need for more effective measures to tackle limitations to long-term development.
China's top economic planner warned Wednesday that challenges remain in investment and trade, and meeting annual growth targets will require "arduous efforts."
China has 91 major water projects under construction, at a cost over 800 billion yuan (120 billion U.S.dollars), according to a report submitted to the bimonthly session of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee.
The top legislature is organizing nationwide inspections to check the enforcement of a law giving academics and inventors incentives to commercially exploit their work, a year after the law was revised.
The top legislature said Thursday that China's food safety situation remained "severe," and called for better supervision and food safety standards.