New laws to strengthen legal system

2024 sees 5 key legislations in emerging fields to support country's development

More 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.

Meanwhile, 14 other laws were also improved through revisions this year, with the adoption of four legislative decisions, according to him.