2019年CRI 中国注重推行重要法律（在线收听）

China's top legislature says it plans to forge ahead with formulating and revising urgently laws this year. The pieces of legislation that will receive attention include a real estate tax, export control and the laws on the promotion of basic medical healthcare. Addressing the plenary, Chairperson of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, Li Zhanshu stressed the importance that will be given to the identified major laws, which are aimed at deepening reform and expanding opening up in the country.

"We exercised oversight strictly in accordance with legally prescribed duties, statutory limits of authority, and procedures defined in law. While effectively exercising regular statutory oversight, we focused on deepening supply-side structural reform, aiding the three critical battles against potential risks, poverty, and pollution, resolving hotspot judicial issues pertaining to public wellbeing, and overseeing government budgets and state-owned assets."

The NPC Standing Committee formulated eight laws, revised 47 and adopted nine decisions on legal issues. This process included the passing of the E-commerce Law and the Prevention and Control of Soil Pollution law, as well as the revision of the Company Law. Li Zhanshu, explains the importance of the e-commerce legislation.

"The enactment of the E-commerce Law represents an extremely important move for promoting the sound development of E-commerce, as well as protecting the legitimate rights and interests of consumers and ensuring fairness in this market. The law is widely regarded by various sectors of the society as instrumental in promoting the healthy and innovative development of E-commerce by providing support, standards and guarantees; that it will protect the legitimate rights and interests of consumers, E-commerce platform operators and people who run online businesses; and that it will ensure fair competition and order in the market."

There are also plans to speed up laws dealing with intellectual property rights, national security, guarantee for veterans and administrative discipline, among others. While a timeline was not given, Li Zhanshu said all these set tasks needed to be expedited so that they are completed on schedule.

Other items on the agenda for the legislature include the revision of the Securities Law, the Law on Officers on Active Service and the Military Service Law.

Speaking of the draft foreign investment law submitted to the annual session for its third reading, Li Zhangshu said it is a full reflection of new ideas, approaches and measures in reforming and opening up.

中国最高立法机关表示，今年计划制定和修订急需的法律。包括房地产税法、出口管制法和基本医疗卫生与健康促进法等法律。全国人大常委会委员长栗战书在大会作工作报告时强调，这些旨在深化改革和扩大开放的法律非常重要。

“坚持依照法定职责、限于法定范围、遵守法定程序开展监督工作，在做好经常性法定监督的同时，突出了深化供给侧结构性改革、助力三大攻坚战、司法民生领域热点问题、预算和国有资产监督等重点。”

人大常委会制定法律8件，修改法律47件次，通过有关法律问题的决定9件。其中包括《电子商务法》、《土壤污染防治法》的制定以及《公司法》的修订。栗战书阐述了电子商务法的重要性。

“电子商务法的制定，对于促进电子商务健康发展、维护消费者合法权益和市场公平意义重大。社会各界普遍认为，这是一部支持、规范、创新和保障电子商务健康发展的促进法，是一部广大消费者、平台经营者、线上经营者合法权益的维护法，是一部市场秩序和公平竞争的保障法。”

除此之外，人大常委会还计划加速制定知识产权保护法、国家安全法、退役军人保障法、政务处分法等法律。虽然具体时间还未确定，但是栗战书表示，这些任务需要加速进行，确保如期完成立法。

提上议程的还有证券法、现役军官法和兵役法的修订工作。

在提到本次会议进行三审的外商投资法草案时，栗战书表示，这全面反映了我国改革开放的新理念新思路新举措。