Page 8 - REPORT ON THE WORK OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL PEOPLE’S CONGRESS

Sichuan in jointly launching legislation on conservation of the Chishui River
basin, and we guided the Hebei Provincial People’s Congress to do the same
for Lake Baiyangdian, with the aim of promoting comprehensive, systematic,
and law-based conservation.

We acted swiftly to fill gaps in legislation on public wellbeing in order to realize
the people’s aspirations for a better life.

We advanced our work on the enactment and revision of laws to provide
stronger legal safeguards for public health. We formulated the Physicians
Law and conducted an initial review of a draft law on emergency response
and management.

Addressing the fundamental task of fostering virtue through education,
we revised the Education Law, formulated the Family Education Promotion
Law, and conducted two reviews of draft revisions to the Vocational

Education Law to drive modernization in the education sector and to promote
the well-rounded, healthy growth of minors.

We formulated the Personal Information Protection Law and drafted and
conducted an initial review of a law on telecom and online fraud to safeguard
citizens’ lawful rights and interests online and to address telecom and online
fraud, which has become an issue of great public concern.

We drafted and conducted an initial review of revisions to the Law on
the Protection of Women’s Rights and Interests, carried out in-depth research

into pronounced issues concerning the protection of women’s rights and
interests, and improved relevant provisions in areas such as preventive
protection, handling of infringements, assistance measures, and
accountability.

We formulated the Law on Food Waste and the Legal Aid Law, revised
the Population and Family Planning Law, the Workplace Safety Law, and the
Trade Union Law, conducted a first review of draft revisions to the

Agricultural Products Quality and Safety Law, and drafted and conducted an
initial review of revisions to the Physical Culture and Sports Law.

We improved criminal and procedural laws and affirmed achievements in reform
of the judicial system.

Putting equal emphasis on prevention and punishment, we formulated
the Anti-Organized Crime Law and promoted regular, institutionalized, and
lawful action to fight organized crime and root out criminal gangs.

When the reform trials we had authorized for improving civil litigation

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