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and disputes, and the maintenance of order in the market were all carried out
in accordance with the law, thus using the force of law to protect the health
and safety of our people.

We accelerated legislation on national security.

With the world currently undergoing changes of a magnitude not seen in
a century, safeguarding national security has never been more urgent. The
Standing Committee adopted a holistic approach to national security and
accelerated national security legislation in key areas. We formulated the
Biosecurity Law and the Export Control Law, revised the Archives Law, and
deliberated draft revisions of the Maritime Traffic Safety Law, the draft of a
data security law, and the draft of a personal information protection law. As
these laws cover economic security, resource security, nuclear security,

ecological security, information security, and the protection of overseas
interests, they are of critical importance for our country in tackling risks and
challenges, and they address major issues of great concern to the public.

In order to implement Xi Jinping’s thinking on strengthening the military,
and respond to the needs of national defense and military development in the
new era, we revised the National Defense Law and the Law on the People’s
Armed Police Force, formulated the Coast Guard Law and the Veterans

Support Law, and deliberated the draft of a law on the protection of the status,
rights, and interests of military personnel, along with the draft revisions of the
Military Service Law and the Military Facilities Protection Law. This work has
provided legal safeguards for both the territorial and military security of our
country and the safety of our people.

We carried out legislative work to promote high-quality development and
high-standard opening up.

We formulated the Law on Urban Maintenance and Development Tax
and the Deed Transfer Tax Law, revised the Patent Law and the Copyright
Law, and deliberated the drafts of a rural revitalization promotion law, a
stamp duty law, and a Hainan free trade port law. We made decisions on
establishing an intellectual property rights court in the Hainan free trade port
and a financial court in Beijing. This legislation, covering as it does fiscal and
financial affairs, intellectual property protection, agricultural and rural
development, and opening up, is designed to provide legal safeguards for

promoting a change in the quality, efficiency, and drivers of economic
development.

Establishing the Hainan pilot free trade zone and free trade port is a
strategic move taken by the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping

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