BEIJING, May 26 (Xinhua) -- Introducing national security legislation for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) is of tremendous importance to the practice of "one country, two systems." The draft decision of the National People's Congress on establishing and improving the legal system and enforcement mechanisms for the HKSAR to safeguard national security is under deliberation at the national legislature.
China’s top legislature said in a report on May 25 it will prioritize public health legislation this year, as well as formulate laws on biosecurity, personal information protection and data security, which analysts believe is intended to plug the loopholes exposed by China’s COVID-19 response. The main task of China’s top legislature in the next phase will be to formulate laws concerning national security and social management, including a biosecurity law, a personal information protection law and data security law, according to the report of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC), delivered by the committee’s chairman Li Zhanshu to the third session of the 13th NPC.
BEIJING, May 26 (Xinhua) -- The following are the schedules for the third session of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) and the third session of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) on Wednesday. -- NPC deputies will hold group meetings to deliberate documents including the work reports of the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate.
HONG KONG, May 26 (Xinhua) -- Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Carrie Lam said on Tuesday that the national legislature's national security legislation for Hong Kong is in strict accordance with the Constitution and the Basic Law, and the HKSAR government will fully support the legislation. The decision by the National People's Congress (NPC) on national security legislation for Hong Kong has solid and unquestionable constitutional and legal basis, Lam said in response to the unwarranted remarks by some foreign politicians.
