Adoption law may broaden category
Jul. 6, 2012 -- Foreign families may be able to adopt orphans or abandoned children who are not under State care, a senior adoption official revealed to China Daily in an exclusive interview on Thu...
View ArticleTobacco-control legislation under preparation: report
BEIJING, July 13 (Xinhua) -- A senior legislator said China's top legislature is actively preparing to introduce more tobacco-control legislation, after a smoking ban in indoor public places seems ...
View ArticleCall for changes to inheritance law
Jul. 24, 2012 -- Li Yaohong lost her entire family in a car accident in March. Now she could lose everything they left behind. The 33-year-old is embroiled in a legal battle to claim the assets an...
View ArticleBudget Law draft amendment draws people's interest
Aug. 7, 2012 -- A draft amendment to the Budget Law, the latest attempt to shore up supervision on government spending, has apparently struck a chord with the public. During a monthlong online cam...
View Article'New law' focuses on work permits
Aug. 13, 2012 -- Courts will not protect welfare or other labor rights of foreigners working without a work permit, even workers under contract, if a draft law is passed. Foreigners without a work...
View ArticleShenzhen ponders bad-behavior law
Aug. 16, 2012 -- Whether police or the urban management bureau will enforce proposed regulations for residents' bad public behavior has become the latest hot topic in Shenzhen, as the city is draft...
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Senior legislators to review draft laws on mental health, tourism
Wu Bangguo, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), presides over a meeting of the Chairmen's Council of the 11th NPC Standing Committee at the Great Hall of...
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Street performers to gain legal status in Shanghai
Aug. 22, 2012 -- Street performers will soon be able to play their fiddles, drums and guitars and create art and crafts in Shanghai without being bothered by the police or urban management officers...
View ArticleChina to check implementation of agriculture law
BEIJING, Aug. 26, 2012 -- China's top legislature will start a new wave of inspections on the implementation of its Law on Agriculture in September. Five inspection teams, organized by the Standin...
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Draft law stresses govt role in environmental protection
A garbage collector at a dumpsite in Nanning, capital of South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, in July. [Photo/Xinhua] Aug. 28, 2012 -- Officials will be subject to administrative ...
View ArticleChina deliberates law on tourism
BEIJING, Aug. 28, 2012 -- Chinese lawmakers Monday started the first deliberation of a draft law on tourism, aiming to promote the development of the country's booming travel industry. The draft i...
View ArticleDraft law protects right of mentally ill
Aug. 28, 2012 -- Mental-heath patients facing compulsory hospitalization and treatment could appeal the decision in court instead of relying on medical appraisals, a draft law proposes. The draft ...
View ArticleAgricultural industry makes progress
Aug. 28, 2012 -- China's agricultural industry has made great progress expanding production to feed the world's most populous nation, and also in its pulling of millions of rural residents out of p...
View ArticleDraft law 'to ensure tourists get a better deal'
Aug. 28, 2012 -- A draft law on tourism, targeting sharp practices by travel agents and clearly stating the rights of travelers, was under review by lawmakers on Monday. The draft, if passed, will...
View ArticleChinese legislature discusses draft laws
BEIJING, Aug. 27, 2012 -- China's top legislature opened its bimonthly session Monday to deliberate draft laws and amendments concerning civil procedure, mental health, the safety of special equipm...
View ArticleChina's legislature to amend law for environmental protection
BEIJING, Aug. 27, 2012 -- The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) Monday started its first reading of a draft amendment to the Environmental Protection Law. "The Environment...
View ArticleChina amends laws on agro-technical popularization
BEIJING, Aug. 27, 2012 -- A draft amendment to the Laws on the Popularization of Agricultural Technology stipulates that national-level institutions for agro-technical popularization should employ ...
View ArticleDraft mental health law addresses privacy, rights of mentally ill people
BEIJING, Aug. 27, 2012 -- A draft law on mental health, tabled for its second reading on Monday, includes provisions to protect the privacy of the mentally ill and their right to protest. The draf...
View ArticleChina eyes tourism development through legislation
BEIJING, Aug. 27, 2012 -- Chinese lawmakers on Monday started the first round of deliberations on a draft law on tourism that aims to promote the development of the country's booming travel industr...
View ArticleChina drafts safety law for special equipment
BEIJING, Aug. 27, 2012 -- China's legislature on Monday started deliberating a draft law on the safety of special equipment, or equipment that operates under high pressure, temperature or speed wit...
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