New laws relating to farm products quality and safety, passports
and many other important documents were adopted at the five-day
21st session of the Standing Committee of the Tenth National People's Congress which concluded
Saturday in Beijing.?
The law on the quality and safety of farm products will take
effect on November 1 and the passport legislation on January 1,
2007.
The standing committee, with more than 150 members, also
approved many other important documents regarding China's
international relations. These included the country's adherence to
the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and the
Safety of Radioactive Waste Management, an extradition treaty
between China and Brazil, treaties on criminal matters and
extradition between China and Spain and the treaty on criminal
matters between China and France.
The legislature adopted a resolution on enhancing legal
education and another to appoint Su Yong the President of the
Military Court of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.
Wu Bangguo, China's top legislator, presided
over the meeting. In his closing remarks he spoke of the need to
enhance the country's innovation capacity and implement the concept
of scientific development. He said this would improve the structure
of the economy, conserve resources and reduce consumption.
At the conclusion of the session, Lu Yongxiang, vice chairman of the NPC Standing
Committee, gave a lecture on the need to build an
innovation-oriented country.
He said, "Only by building an innovation-oriented country can we
maintain stable and fast economic growth, continue our
comprehensive, coordinated, sustainable economic and social
development and be competitive internationally.”
(Xinhua News Agency April 30, 2006)