New laws to strengthen legal system
China DailyMore legislative items, especially those in key areas, emerging fields and foreign-related fields, have been unveiled this year as legislators made greater efforts to optimize the country's legal system, an official from the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, China's top legislature, said on Thursday. Wang Xiang, spokesman for the NPC Standing Committee's Legislative Affairs Commission, said five new pieces of laws, including the Energy Law and the Preschool Education Law, have been formulated since the beginning of the year, bringing the total number of laws in effect to 305. As unveiled by Wang, a draft private sector promotion law will be reviewed at an upcoming session of the NPC Standing Committee, which is scheduled to be held in Beijing from Saturday to Wednesday. Referring to a draft revision to the anti-unfair competition law, which is A few other legislative items, such as a draft revision to the law on people's congress deputies, a draft value-added tax law and a draft amendment to the supervision law, will also be submitted to the upcoming session for review, he added.
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